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The Soviet Union before the revolution they were a capitalist country then they had a revolution. When Vladimir Lennen took over the Soviet Union became a communist country and the US opposed that idea.
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This conference was about the control of Germany, post war boundaries, winning the war with Japan, Keeping peace with Europe, and the future of Europe
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The Atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were dropped because of Japan not surrendering after these were dropped Japan later Surrendered to the US
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The iron curtain was a line separating communist Europe from allied control Europe
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This plan was created by the Soviet Union to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union
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The Hollywood 10 refused to answer questions regarding their communist affiliation, after serving prison time for contempt of court most were blacklisted from hollywood studios
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The Truman doctrine helps support countries being taken over by communism by supplying them with everything they need to survive including 12 billion dollars to rebuild Europe.
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The Marshall Plan helped support Western Europe. The US gave about 12 billion dollars in economic aid to Western Europe
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Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury in 1948 for being a Soviet spy during WW2 and served 4 years in jail
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The Berlin Blockade was Germany/Soviet Union blocking western allies blocking railroads, roads, and canals to access to Berlin
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The Berlin AIrlift were allied planes bringing supplies to West Berlin (Over 300,000 planes in total)
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its a treaty between 29 states from North America and Europe
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The Korean war all started by North Korea invading South Korea North Korea was backed up by China and the Soviet Union while South Korea was backed up by The United Nations
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Some of the scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project were spies for the Soviet Union and passed on secret information to the Soviets. They were later executed for their actions
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The Army McCarthy hearing was a series of hearings held by the senate. The hearing was about McCarthy and the US army. McCarthy declined in popularity.
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This was a confrontation of the first Indochina war between the french and Viet Minh. This was to draw out Vietnamese and destroy them, The French were defeated.
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This conference was among the several nations of Geneva. The purpose was to settle issues resulting from the Korean War. This ended with no declarations or proposals. The French Empire and South East Asia created the eventual state of Democratic North Vietnam and Republic South Vietnam. Splitting it into 2 nations
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The Warsaw pact was signed in Poland among the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Europe states. It was created in reaction to NATO which the allies created. It was movivated by the soviet Union trying to control their military forces in Eastern Europe.
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This revolution was a revolt against the the communist Hungarian Republic and Soviet policies. It was the first major threat to the Soviet Union since WW2
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The Soviet Bomb test was authorized by Joseph Stalin to develop nuclear weapons during WW2 to compete with the US
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A US plane was shot down by Soviet defense forces while in Soviet territory Gary Powers (The pilot) was captured by Soviet Forces. The US had to admit to the missions purpose.
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This was a failed invasion of Cuba by the CIA. They were sent to over throw the communist government ran by Fidel Castro. The CIA was defeated by Cuban forces.
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This wall divided Western and Eastern Berlin. It was constructed by Democratic Germany. The barrier had guard towers that had anti vehicle trenches.
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This was a 13 day confrontation between the US and Soviet Union. It was started by a ballistic missile deployed in Italy and Turkey. The Soviet Union also had a missile deployment in Cuba
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The South Vietnamese President was captured and assassinated. The Diem Regime had been low. It exploded with Buddhist protest against long standing religious discrimination after government shooting of protesters
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the united states, was assasinated while in a presidential parade through deasly palace in Dallas, Texas.
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It was the resolution that was created to prevent incidents similar to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. It was significant because it gave Johnson the ability to have war without a proper declaration
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Operation Rolling Thunder was the largest bombing in history with continued bombing from march to November. It was significant because the bombing was unsuccessful
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The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong. It was the largest military campaign launched by Vietcong. It was significant because the attacks where unexpected and the media saw it as a military loss
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Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. King was the leader of the non violent group of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). This shocked the nation as people viewed King as a public figure
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The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy happened past midnight after he had been selected to be the representing candidate for presidency. It was significant because it lowered troop moral in Vietnam
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia was a joint invasion of the Warsaw Pact general invasion of the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary. It was significant because it was more territory lost to communism
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Former Vice President Richard Nixon was the 46th president of the United States. He defeated the democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey
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The Kent State shooting was a shooting upon unarmed students who were protesting against war. It was significant because people were losing support for the Vietnam war
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The Kent State shooting was a shooting where the Coast Guard open fired on a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam war. Four students were killed and nine were injured
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Nixon travels to China to try to find peace with the communist People’s Republic of China (PRC) for a week of talks. Nixon’s historic visit began the slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist China
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The ceasefire in Vietnam was a removal of all aerial attacks upon Vietcong. It marked the coming end to the Vietnam war.
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On April 30, 1975, Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender and bringing about an end to the Vietnam War
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President Ronald Reagan was elected after Nixon ended his term. It was significant because Reagan would bring the cold war to a end.
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This was the first time Reagan addressed the Berlin Wall. He asked the Soviets why the wall was there and asked the people responsible for the wall to remove.
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SDI also known as star wars was a defense mechanism that would shoot nuclear bombs out of the air. This was not scientifically possible at the time but put fear into the Soviets
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The conference with Reagan and Gorbachev was held at the Geneva summit. It was the first time The U.S. and Soviet leaders had met in 8 years.
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The fall of the Berlin wall was the end of the cold war were east and west Germany could join together for the first time since they split
