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iron curtain
the imaginary line that divided europe into two distinct territories from the end of world war ll in 1945 -
truman doctrine
a speech that implied the support of other nations for allegedly being threatend by soviet communism -
blockade & Berlin Air Lift
the blockade cut food and resources from berlin but without the harsh violence the U.S was victorious on supplying the west side of berlin -
korean war
this is where things started to get more heated between the two territories (U.S and soviet union ) -
vietnam war
it was costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
berline wall
it symbolized the iron curtain between the two major powers the united stated and the soviet union had. -
cuban missle crisis
the hottest point of the cold war that started everything. -
SALT 1 and 2
intended to restrain the arms race in strategic (long-range or intercontinental) ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons. -
fall of berlin wall
The fall of the Wall marked the first critical step towards German towards reunification -
collaps of the soviet union
after its fall it meant that the U.S were able successfully be able to push the soviet union to minnimize itself