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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a group of lower class citizens over throwing the government because they only cared about upper class aristocrats. -
Soviet bomb test
It was the Soviets reacting to the U.S. using the bombs on japan because they thought it was a threat and were about 4 years away from were the U.S. was with nuclear weapons. -
Iron Curtain
it was the barrier between communism and capitalism. it was not physical but there was differently a barrier stopping a country from going over. -
Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation Policy
it is a retaliation act in which if any country attacks the U.S. we respond with great for and nuclear attacks -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a gathering of Stalin, Truman, and Churchill were they would decide what to do with Germany after there surrender nine weeks earlier. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. was done sacrificing men to fight the Japanese so with their new weapon tested they used it to force them to surrender but to also strike fear into the soviet union so they would not try to attack us after WWII -
Hollywood 10
It was a group of ten Hollywood film workers that were against capitalism in a documentary they made and were sent to jail and were not allowed to work in Hollywood again -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman had promised to protect any democratic countries from external or internal fights -
Marshall Plan
It was when the U.S. used around 12 billion dollars to try and help to rebuild western Europe Countries after WWII -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
When the Soviet Union decided to stop trains from coming into Berlin and to stop trade and support of there democratic government. the U.S. then sent air drops of food and supplies to support them -
NATO
It represents the North Atlantic treaty organization in which there were 29 countries allied and promissed to protect each other in case of an attack on one of them -
Korean War
This was a war between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea in which North Korea invaded south Korea first. -
Khruschev Takes over
he was the new communist leader for the soviets and was the first leader to start talks with the U.S. to try and come to an agreement to stop the war from going on. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
it was an investigation of many men in the government pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment to G. David Schine. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. -
The Vietnam War
it was a civil war in Vietnam were there was capitalism on one side and communism on the other the U.S. decided to send troops to help the capitalistic side but ended up pulling their troops out because they couldn't figure out how to win the war. -
Hungarian Revolution
it was a revolution against the soviets in the Hungary the people were done having a soviet leader so they had a nationwide revolt against the government -
U2 Incident
an American spy plane was shot down by the soviets and the U.S. government had to trade a Russian spy to get him back from the soviets -
Bay of Pigs invasion
it was an attack on Cuba with 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Effulgence Batista -
Berlin Wall
the Berlin wall was a wall blocking the west of Germany from the east so the U.S. wouldn't be able to send supplies and food to east Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
it was a 13 scare between the U.S. and soviets where the soviets had missiles ready to attack the U.S. at any time. the U.S. and the Soviets were very close to using them but lucky they didn't or we would all be dead -
Detente under Nixon
is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. President Nixon brought this in to help the stress of the political parties about the war -
The Reagan Doctrine
it was a strategy to overwhelm the Soviet Union using global influence to bankrupt them so they wouldn't be able to fight any more and would have to come to a peace agreement -
Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech
Reagan went to the Berlin wall and told the Soviets to open the gates and then to tear down the wall if they truly wanted peace. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
the fall of the Berlin wall ended a 40 year separation of east and west Germany.
