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The Russian Revolution
A revolution lasting from January 22, 1905, to June 16, 1907. It brought about political change in the form of a new constitution. -
The Iron Curtain
A nonphysical border in Europe between the countries aligned with NATO and the countries that were members of the USSR that lasted from 1945 until the end of the cold war in 1991 -
The Potsdam Conference
It was a meeting between the leaders of the United States, the UK, and the USSR after world war 2 -
The Atomic Bomb
Developed by the Americans, it was only used twice in history. once on August 6, 1945, on Hiroshima and again three days later on Nagasaki -
The long Telegram
George F. Kennan, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, sent a message known as the long telegram explaining why the soviets felt such resentment towards the United States. -
Molotov Plan
A plan created by the soviet union to rebuild the Eastern European countries into communist nations to join the soviet union. -
The Truman Doctrine
President Truman's position on how we should stop the spread of communism and contain it. -
Hollywood 10
10 Hollywood writers and directors were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted after refusing to answer questions about their alleged involvement with the Communist Party -
Marshall Plan
The American initiative to rebuild Western European countries. $12 million was given to aid Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
All ground shipments were stoped to berlin so America collaborated with great Britan to drop supplies in Berlin -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. -
First Soviet bomb test
On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union secretly conducted its first successful nuclear weapon test after hearing about American weapons -
Chinese Communist Revolution
Led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China. -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was falsely accused of perjury and eventually convicted and sentenced to two concurrent 5-year sentences. -
Korean War
Korea was divided between the communist north and capitalist south and war broke out after the north invaded the south -
Rosenberg trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of giving the soviet union information about secret military tech in 1951 and executed in 1953 -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Joseph McCarthy accused the army of communism -
Warsaw Pact
Signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe -
The Hungarian Revolution
A revolution started by students towards Hungarian Peoples Republic and its soviet imposed policies lasting from October 23, 1956, to November 10, 1956. -
U2 Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt by US-sponsored Cuban exiles to reverse Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, beginning with a military invasion of northern Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba -
Assassination of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
250,000 Warsaw pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia to stop Alexander Dubček from liberating the country from communism -
Nixon in China
Nixon was the first president to visit the Peoples Republic of China -
Reagan Elected
Elected in 1981 and served until 1989 -
Strategic Defense Initiative
It was a nuclear defense system proposed by President Reagan to protect the country from communist nukes. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
On November 19, 1985, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time to discuss the arms race -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
A speech given by President Reagan telling Mikhail Gorbachev to open the Berlin Wall. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
marked the fall of the iron curtain and the end of the cold war
