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Russian Revolution
The soviet union wanted to get rid of all its opposition and had an aggressive antidemocratic policy toward Eastern Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, the talks established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. -
Atomic bomb - Hiroshima/Nagasaki
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Iron Curtain
A boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of WWII until the end of the Cold War. -
Molotov Plan
A system created by the soviet union to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were under the Soviet control. Soviets version of the Marshall plan. -
Marshall Plan
An American vision to rebuild Western Europe with economic assistance, and the U.S. gave $12 billion to help out. -
Hollywood 10
Movie stars allegedly using communist influence in the films they make. Those who didn't speak to the press became on the Hollywood blacklist, where if you name is on the list there is no way anyone would hire you for a film. -
Truman Doctrine
The U.S. would provide economic, political, and military assistance to any country that is under threat by any other influence. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allie's so that any citizen in Berlin starved because they wanted to get revenged on Germany. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Soviets had stopped the passenger trains and autobahn to berlin and all shipments over sea would have to have "special" soviet permission. -
NATO
Known as North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mainly for defense against the soviets and the Eastern Allies. -
Soviet Bomb Test
On this date the Soviet Union had successfully made and tested an atomic bomb and this was very scary to the U.S. and made us very paranoid. -
Korean War
North Korea and South Korea, north being communist and the south being republic, they had different beliefs and so the soviets had invaded the south and the U.S. had joined to defend the south. After many lost lives, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel. -
Rosenburg Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were accused and brought to justice of being with the communist party. As this trial had taken a while to go on they were finally sentenced to death on the electric chair. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the engagement in the First Indochina War. It consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Televised Congressional hearings, McCarthy had turned to the army and then the army had turned and charged McCarthy with using improper influence. -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was a conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. It was intended to settle issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. this is where they had split Korea With North Korea with Viet Minh and the South with the diplomats. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a defense treaty signed in Poland among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe. -
Hungarian Revolution
A nationwide revolt against the Communist regime of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies -
U2 Incident
An American spy plane had been shot down over Yekaterinburg, referring to the flight as an “aggressive act” by the United States. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
the CIA launched what is believed would be the definitive strike, the invasion did not go well, The invaders were badly outnumbered by Castro’s troops, and they surrendered after less than 24 hours of fighting. -
Berlin Wall
A heavily guarded, concrete wall in Berlin that had divided East Berlin from West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war. Where the Soviet Union was trying to bring Nuclear missiles into Cuba. -
Assassination of Diem
Diem had been captured and then he had escaped and then recaptured and the next morning he had been dead. -
Assassination of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Park. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces, on cities, towns throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
Assassination of MLK
On his way out of his hotel MLK had been shot and killed and he was the leader of many black people and this assassination had them devastated. -
Assassination of RFK
After Robert V. Kennedy had announced winning CA Presidential Primary he had been shot and killed. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
A joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries, the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary. -
Riots of Democratic convention
Democratic Party presidential candidate, tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets to rally against the Vietnam War. -
Election of Nixon
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election and he had won it. -
Kent State
Ohio National Guard had opened fire on Unarmed college students when they had been rebelling and had killed 4 people. -
Nixon visits China
President Richard Nixon takes a first step toward normal relationship with the communist People’s Republic of China. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, a peace treaty. -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon, capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam -
Reagan elected
Presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, Reagan had won the Presidency. -
SDI announced
President Reagan had announced that we had technology that could defend only the US with laser beams and take out the missiles completely and also known as 'Star Wars'. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
President Reagan had went to the Berlin wall and had told Mr. Gorbachev to tear down the wall for peace in both West and East Berlin. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relationship with the West.that they would be able to cross to the other side.
