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Russian Communist Revolution
The Russian Communist Revolution began in March 8, 1917 when the Bolshevik party overthrew the Russian government. Then after the revolution, Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Bolsheviks and created the beginning of communistic Russia. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended WWI. It made Germany pay for the entire war, and it also made them take all the blame for WWI. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson created the League Of Nations in the Treaty, but the U.S. was never apart of it because the treaty was never ratified. -
League of Nations
After WW1, the League of Nations was formed to stop another war from happening. But the U.S didn't enter thus creating a little disagreement between the U.S and the Soviet Union. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference helped lead to the Cold War by giving the Soviet Union control over Eastern Europe. At the conference, the Soviet Union was given the right to control Eastern Europe, this led to the Cold War because it made the West feel that the USSR was bent on expanding communism. -
United Nations
The United Nations was created in 1945, to solve and diminish problems and conflicts between countries peacefully, this is evident in the Cold War because the U.S and Soviet Union discussed matters there many of times. -
MAD
MAD the abbreviation of Mutually Assured destruction, is the hidden agreement between the U.S and USSR, to not use their nuclear weapons on each other. -
Nuclear Deterrent
Deterrence theory holds that nuclear weapons are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons. The U.S and USSR, thought that they would not fire upon each other. -
Nuremburg Trials
Nazi German and other war criminals from WW2, were tried in court and punished because of their crimes, this ties into the cold war because the Soviet Union and the United States differed on what punishments should be distributed. -
Baruch Plan
Was a proposal written mainly by Bernard Baruch, it called for international organization to regulate atomic energy. -
General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only body in which every member of the organization is represented and allowed to vote. -
Iron Curtain Speech
In 1946, Great Britain Prime Minister, Winston Churchill went to Fulton, Missouri and gave a speech warning and seeing the formation of an "Iron Curtain and behind all of it. Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine's purpose was to counter the spreading of communism throughout Eastern Europe. It implied U.S. support to any nation threatened by communism. It also led to the formation of the NATO in 1949. -
Berlin Airlift
The wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin. It was built in order to prevent people from fleeing East Berlin. In many ways it was the perfect symbol of the "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War. -
Chinease Communist Revolution
Revolution in China when Communist leader Mao Zedong, faced off against, the Republic of China leader Chaing Kai Shek, which ultimately culminated to the Communists victory. This ties in with the Cold War because the Soviet Union, was allies with the Chinese, and led to the two helping each other out. -
NATO Forming
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was formed to go against the spread of communism. Years later the Soviet Union created the Warsaw pact -
Korean War
The cold war caused Korea to split up into North Korea and South Korea, both governments claimed they governed all of Korea. The conflict between the states turned into a war when North Korea tried to invade South Korea to unify the two and make a unified Communist country. This ties in to the Cold War because the U.S sent troops to support the democratic South Koreans. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was created during the cold war to balance power compared to NATO. Warsaw pact members where to defend each other if any country apart was attacked. The Soviets saw West Germany becoming NATO as a threat. -
Sputnik Launched
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first man-made, object to orbit in space. This started the space race between the United States and Soviet Union, but put the Soviets well in the lead. -
Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba
Fidel Castro, proclaimed that Cuba was communist, this was the first communist country in the western hemisphere. This caused the United States to worry, because Cuba is very close to Florida and could attack very easily. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U.S in 1961 tried to invade Cuba, but failed miserably, which gained Fidel Castro imminence praise. -
Building of the Berlin Wall Begins
East Germany began to seal of West Berlin from East Berlin in 1961. U.S. commanders began to make plans to bulldoze the wall but the Soviets moved armored units into the area and the plan was cancelled. Western Germany became angry at the U.S. for not helping, but JFK made sure West Germany knew that the U.S. was still with them by saying this famous quote, “A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war”. In 1989 the communist governments where falling in east. -
Berlin Wall
The wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin. It was built in order to prevent people from fleeing East Berlin. In many ways it was the perfect symbol of the "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War. -
U.S sends troops to Vietnam
They sent troops to stop communism from spreading to South Vietnam. In 1964 U.S. ships were thought to have been destroyed by the North Vietnamese, this gave Lyndon B. Johnson permission to send more troops in. -
Non Proliferation Agreement
It was an agreement signed by several nuclear powers, that made sure to cooperate in the spreading of Nuclear Knowledge. -
Apollo 11
It was when the United States sent, 3 men, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. This was the first time that anyone from Earth has touched down on the planet beating out the Soviet Union, and ultimately winning the Space Race. -
Kent State Shooting
In Kent State, protests broke out against the Vietnam War, but as the group and the amount of people grew, the National Guard stepped in and ultimately fired into the protesters killing 4 people. -
SALT(1/2)
The first agreements, known as SALT I and SALT II, were signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1972 and 1979, respectively, and were intended to restrain the arms race in strategic nuclear weapons. -
Fall of Saigon
Saigon which was the capital of South Vietnam which the United States supported. However, after it fell Vietnam became a fully Communist country. -
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul was related to the cold war because he went against communism. This made the USSR upset, and basically made a rivalry between the Pope and Russia. -
Deng Xiaoping
Chinese leader after Mao Zedong, mainly worked on Chinese economic reform. -
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990, she disagreed with the Communistic view, and pushed for the fall of Communism. -
Lech Walesa
President of Poland, who was responsible for helping Poland leaving the "Iron Curtain" and joining NATO. This also helped the fall of the "Iron Curtain", and the fall of the Soviet Union. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall fell in 1991 as Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West, thus announcing the end of the Berlin Wall. -
START (1/2)
START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the U.S and Soviet Union on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.
