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Yalta Confrence
A WWII meeting that involved the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Potsdam Confrence
The Big Three The Big Three, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Arms Race
An arms race is basically a competition for the best weapons and in WWII there were nuclear weapons involved. -
Iron Curtain
This is the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries. -
Truman Doctrines
A policy stating the USA would supply Turkey and Greece with supplies so they would not join the Soviet Sphere. -
Marshall Plan
The USA gave money and resources to European countries to keep them from Russia. -
Berlin Airlift
The USA supplied West Berliners with supplies in response to a land and water blockade of the city. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin was an international crisis in the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. They wanted to make the western powers to let the Soviet suooly Berlin with food. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the USA and 11 other countries. -
Korean War
North and South Korea fought in this war. This war started due to political division of Korea. The Korean War set the tone for the cold war and both North and Sounth Korea suffered as a result. -
Nakita Khrushchev comes to power
He was a politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Doctors said he suffered a stroke and past away. He helped start The Cold War and was the leader of The Soviet Union. -
Forming of Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance which was this pact. -
Space Race
A competion between the USSR and the USA. They were both working to out do eachother when it comes to spaceflight capability. -
Hungarian Uprising
This was a revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet policies. It was the first threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove out the Nazis at the end of World War II and occupied Eastern Europe. -
Vietnam War
The main countries that fought were North and South Vietnam War -
Sputnik
This event was the USA reaction to the success of the Sputnik program. It was the first artificial Earth satellite. -
U-2 Invasion
Occurred when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. This made the USA look bad. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic. It divided West Berlin from East German. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
This was the first documented mutual assured destruction. It was between USSR and Cuba against the USA. -
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
It was created to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. -
Prague Spring
A period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. -
U.S. & CHINA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
US and China both agreed that they wanted to reduce danger of military conflict. -
Soviet Invasion of Afganistan
The Soviet sent troops into Afganistan. -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to Power
He became the leader of USSR. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and The USA joined this treaty to work to eliminate their short and medium range missles. -
Reykjavík Summit
Meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. The meeting resulted in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
German Reunification
Berlin Wall fell and Germanay united. -
USSR Breakup
The declaration no. 142-H of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union stated that the USSR broke up on December 26th, 1991.
