-
Joseph Stalin
-Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state. -
Gorbachev's Reforms
-Mikhail S. Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985, he launched his nation on a dramatic new course. His dual program of “perestroika” and “glasnost” introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs and international relations.
-Gorbachev’s revolutionary program swept communist governments throughout Eastern Europe from power and brought an end to the Cold War. -
Period: to
Cold War Events
-
President Truman
-Harry Truman had only been vice president for three months before assuming the presidency. During his nearly eight years in office, he attempted to contain the spread of communism as the Cold War heated up. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
-USSR attempt to out west Berlin from the allies.
-First example of the US using the Trumman Doctrin to fight Communism. -
Korean War
-It was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union.
-This war was the first shooting confrontation of the Cold War. -
Dwight David Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. -
Vietnam War
-The United States and the southern-based Republic of Vietnam opposed the southern-based revolutionary movement known as the Viet Cong and its sponsor, the Communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
-The United States replaced France as the major contender against northern-based Communists and southern insurgents. Communist victory in 1975 had profound ramifications for the United States -
Sputnik
-First satelite of a series of a Soviet artificialSatelites.
- This surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. -
Bay of Pigs
-The Bay of Pigs was a failed military invasion of Cuba.
-The U.S. wasn't supposed to b involved but president Kennedy thought that Eisenhower wasn't doing enough about Castro. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
-The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin. The wall cut off West Berlin from sorrounding East Germany and East Berlin.
-Ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall. Some crossed freely into West Berlin, while others brought hammers and picks and began to chip away at the wall itself. To this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War. -
John F. Kennedy
-John F. Kennedy was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Cuban Missile crisis
- The Cuban Missile crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -The USSR would agree to remove its missiles from Cuba. It is a possibility that the Soviet Union was taking a chance on the safety of Cuba.
-
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
-Insurgent groups who received aid from both Christian and Muslim countries, fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces.
-It was a watershed event of the Cold War, marking the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Eastern Bloc—a strategic decision met by nearly worldwide condemnation. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
-The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the 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.
