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Yalta Conference
This Conference led to the beginning of the Cold War -
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Cold War
A war between the Soviet Union and the U.S. -
Atomic Bomb
United States first used atomic bomb in war -
The Iron Curtain
This is when Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech to the public. -
Cuba and Castro
Castro takes over Cuba -
Soviet Union Revealing
Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory -
John F. Kennedy
JFK becomes president of the U.S. -
Cuban Crisis
A crisis of Cuba realeasing missiles erupts. -
President Assasinated
President Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, Texas -
The Marines
U.S. marines sent to Dominican Republican to fight communism -
Pueblo capture
North Korea capture the U.S.S. Pueblo at this time -
Extended War
President Nixon extends Vietnam war to Cambodia -
Overthrow of Chile
The U,S, helps to overthrow Chile government -
North defeats South
North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam -
U.S. Overthrows
U.S. troops overthrow regime in Grenada -
Reagan and Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe -
Treaty
Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles by signing treaty -
Withdrawal
Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan -
Berlin Wall
This is when the Berlin Wall falls -
Communist Ending
Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends -
Yeltsin Elected
Boris Yeltsin elected to presidency of Russia -
The End
End of Soviet Union. Cold War Ends