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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarists autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1992. -
Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima/Nagasaki
During the end of World War II the United States dropped two nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, (August 6th & 9th). The United Kingdom gave their consent to the United States to drop the bombs. These bombing were the end of the war. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, those involved were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Representing those countries were Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and President Harry S. Truman. The goals of the conference was the establishment of postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy written by President Truman to counter the Soviet expansion during the cold war. -
Hollywood 10
10 directors, producers and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947. They were thought to be associated with the Soviet Union and have communist affiliations. When questions about their actions they would refuse to answer. They spent time in prison and were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios. -
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to helkp Western Europe, where the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
An international crisis that arose after the Soviet Union attempted to force the US, UK and France to leave their "post - World War 2 jurisdictions" in West Berlin. The allies then united their occupational zones in Germany forcing the Soviets to begin a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between Berlin and the West. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet atomic bomb project was authorized by Joseph Stalin to start the production of nuclear weapons during World War 2. On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union secretly conducted its first successful weapon test -
NATO
NATO's purpose is to give freedom and security to its members through political and military means. NATO promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defense and security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. After the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two states. -
Khruschev Takes Over
Was elected leader of the Soviet Union in 1953 and got removed in 1964. He tried to ease tensions with the war -
Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation Policy
In 1954, President Eisenhower adopted a foreign policy of “massive retaliation.” The policy was to counter the growing Soviet threat. It viewed nuclear weapons as a means of deterring war. It was a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to NATO -
The Vietnam War
The US joined the Vietnam War to stop the spread of communism and to prevent the communist takeover of South Vietnam. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian people revolting against the marxist-leninist government. Lasting less than a month. -
U2 Incident
On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defense Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. The pilot parachuted and was safe. The US tried saying it was weather research being done by NASA but the Soviet Union recovered photos of Soviet Military bases taken by the US pilot. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed invasion of Cuba by the CIA. A counter-revolutionary group made up of Cuban Exiles who became US soldiers who wanted to over throw the communist Cuban government. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically separated Berlin for 28 years. It was built because thousands of people of communist East Berlin fled to the democratic West. So the East built a wall over night that circled West Berlin to stop this. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War which brought them closest to nuclear conflict. The Soviet Union was putting their nuclear weapons in Cuba. -
Detente under Nixon
Detente was a word given to describe the period time where the relations between the US and the Soviet Union were getting better. Began when Nixon visited the Secretary-General of the Soviet Union -
The Reagan Doctrine
Implemented by the US under Reagan to attempt to end the Cold War. It was made to "overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union." -
Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech
The Reagan Doctrine was used to characterize the policy of supporting anti-Communist. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
The relations in the city changed and at midnight the citizens were then allowed to cross the wall.
