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General Assembly
It was part of the United Nations but, it wasn't very useful during the Cold War because the U.S. and Soviet Union could never agree on anything -
Treaty of Versailles
Was a treaty that Germany had to agree to which included Germany to divide and it would enable the Cold War. -
League of Nations
Was made to make sure war never broke out again but, the U.S refused to join the league which made it very weak. -
Pope John Paul 2
Was a pope who wanted political change and used his influence to get rid of communism in his native Poland. He also speaked about suffering in the world. -
Yalta Conference
This agreement became controversial after Soviet/American wartime which would turn out to be the Cold War because Stalin broke his promise of free election in Eastern Europe. -
United Nations
The United Nations was an intergovernmental organization to increase co-operation nationally and maintain order. Was used in the cold war to decrease tensions but failed. -
Nuremburg trials
The Nuremburg trials were a series of trials that was the persecution of leaders and members of military, Judicial and economic leadership in Nazi Germany for participation in the Holocaust and other war crimes. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gave a speech about the Soviets Unions policies, and announcing the beginning of the cold war. -
Baruch Plan
This plan was made for the control of atomic weapons. this was a big factor of the cold war as a dangerous arms race ensued because of the baruch plans failure. -
Truman Doctrine
Is the official declaration of the Cold War that outlined the loose borders of U.S. foreign policy. -
Marshal Plan
Helped Europe's economic recovery that made $13 billion between 1948-1951. The plan was made so Europeans can compete with the U.S. -
Berlin Airlift
Carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin but, it was a risk to maybe turning the Cold War into an actual war. -
Nato created
NATO stood for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and and was an intergovernmental military alliance between several north American and European states -
Joseph Mccarthy Speech
This speech put McCarthy in the international spotlight, as he said he had a list of 205 members of the communist party who were shaping policy in the state department. This was apart of the cold war as it tried to control the spread of communism. -
Korean War
It was the first military invasion of the Cold War. Both superpowers where involved to stop the other countries government from spreading. -
Warsaw Pact
Was led by the Soviet Union to promote communism. This alliance divided the Cold War. -
Sputnik Launched
Sputnik was the very first earth satellite. This was one of the first happenings when the U.S. was involved in the space race with the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
It was a planned invasion which was supposed to be to overthrow the communist leader Castro. -
Building of Berlin Wall begins
It was built to stop Berlin emigrants from going to East Germany. This wall divided Europe. -
Berlin Wall (facts between Construction and Fall)
It stood 12 foot tall and 4 foot wide made out of concrete surrounded by soldiers, weapons, barbed wires etc.Although at least 171 were killed trying to go past the wall that didn't stop refugees from coming East to West -
Fidel Castro announces communist Cuba
Fidel Castro said in an address that communism would play a big role in Cuban politics. It was a big conflict between the U.S. and Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union took part in a 13 day military standoff because of Soviet missiles on Cuba. -
U.S. sends troops to Vietnam
This continued the harsh Cold War between the two superpowers. -
Non Proliferation Agreement
This agreement or treaty's goal was to de-arm or limit the spread of nuclear weapons. This was to prevent nuclear war in the cold war. -
Apollo 11
Was the spaceflight that landed two humans on the moon. Influenced the cold war because this was the very last event that took place in the space race. -
Kent State Shootings
The Kent State shootings were shootings on college students protesting the Vietnam war. It was addressing a war with a communist state in the cold war. -
Nuclear Deterrence in salt talks
This was a threat of retaliation of enemy attack. when the U.S. thought of nuclear war with soviet union. just like in the sal -
Salt 1
Was an agreement that froze the number of American and Soviet ICBM and SLBM launchers. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of a communist state in the cold war. -
Margaret Thatcher
She was a British stateswoman and served as prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She also helped stop the cold war. -
Salt 2
Was an agreement that first increases in same categories of nuclear capability. -
Soviets Invade Afganistan
Insurgent groups known as the Mujahideen were fighting against the soviet army as they invaded. This influenced the cold war because this was the only time the soviet union invaded a country outside the eastern block. -
Deng Xiaoping
was a Chinese leader of the Republic of China, and was in office from 1982 to 1987. He was communist during the cold war. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the Cold War began The East Berlin Communist Party, they let citizens cross the countries borders freely. -
Lech Walesa
Was the first non-communist president of Poland. In 1983 he won the Nobel Peace Pride for his polish labor and for his protest against communism in his nation -
Start 1
Was a treaty that the Soviet Union had to agree to that included deploying more than 6,000 nuclear warheads and 1,600 ballistic missiles and bombers -
Start 2
Was a ban of the use of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles.
