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Yalta
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill gave his famous speech and told the world that 'Russia wanted war! That all they wanted was the expansion of their land and doctrine. This is important because it showed the world what Russia really wanted and brought there evil goals to light -
Truman Doctrine
Offered support from the U.S to any country resisting consistent pressure from communist influence. Many European countries excepted this. Its important because it shows how the Cold WAr was fought indirectly. This was geared towards bansihing communism -
Marshall Plan
Economic aid proposed from the U.S that tried to help European nations recover. Was offered to all European nations. Although the Soviet Union made themselves and all its sateliites refuse to accept it. This is important because this is how the brutal rivalry started to uprise between America and the U.S -
Berlin Air Lift
When the Soviet Union blocked all shipments in and out of Berlin. Airlifted military supplies to American garrison in the city. This is important becuase it showed how the Soviet Union indirectly fought this war. -
China Communist Takeover
China had 2 political parties, one communist and one democratic, that began a revolution. This revolution ended up in China being a communist country. This was important to the Cold War because it added a another country to the power of communism. -
Korean War
A very costly and brutal war between the U.S and the Soviet Union and Korea. The war was to controll Koreas goverement which ended up in the division of Korea. This was very important because it weakened the U.S and made the Soviet Union on top in the Cold War -
Rosenberg Spy Case
were American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Stalin Dies
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Hydrogen Bomb
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Guatemalan Coup
a covert operation carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency that deposed President Jacobo Árbenz and installed a military regime in his place. The coup was codenamed "Operation PBSUCCESS." -
Khrushcheve's "Secret Speech"
was known as the "Secret Speech" because it was delivered at an unpublicized closed session of Communist Party delegates, with guests and members of the press excluded. Although the text of the Khrushchev report leaked almost immediately, the official Russian text was published only in 1989 during the glasnost campaign of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. -
Sputnik
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Castro Takes Power
Castro led the Cuban Revolution and over threw Fulgenico Batista. Castro made an alliance with the Soviets which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
The U-2 affiar
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union.
The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its intact remains and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers, as well as photos of military bases in Russia taken by Powers. -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S planned an invasion on the Cuban mainland with the intent to ignite an uprising against Castro. The mission failed miserablely! This is important because the embarassed the U.S terribly and made it seem as though they were weak and had no control in the Cold War -
Berlin Wall
The building of the Berlin Wall began. This seprerated Eastern and Western Germany. Nobody could try and travel from either of the sides. They were completely isolated from each other. This is important because the wall represents the boudary between America and the Soviet Union -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets placed missile in Cuba and refused to remove them for a while! This caused the American goverment to worry deeply and respond drastically. After negotiations the missles were removed. This is important because this was the closest America came to World War 3. It also sparked the rivalry between America and Russia -
Hot Line
The hot line was supposed to help speed communication between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union and help prevent the possibility of an accidental war. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia. Specifically, the resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty". This included involving armed forces. -
Indonesian Coup
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Six Day War
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Tet Offensive
It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam.[9] -
SALT
SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Salt was two rounds of talks and corresponding treaties involving the United States and The Soviet Union on the issue of armament control. The first SALT I treaty led to the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty. The SALT II lead to a treaty but the United States decided not to sign it because of the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR. -
Vietnamization
a policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war and "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". -
Nixon Visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China -
Vietnam War Agreement
The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam arranged a settlement which ended direct military involvement by the United States and resulted in a temporary ceasefire, the end of the Vietnam War occurring two years later -
Afghanistan 1979
invasion of Afghanistan in late December 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War (1978–92) and remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989. -
Solidarity
is a Polish trade union federation that emerged at the Gdańsk Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. It was the first non-Communist Party-controlled trade union in a Warsaw Pact country. -
Berlin Wall Falls
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Star Wars
ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
INF
The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 500-5,500 km (300-3,400 miles). -
German Unification
the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23 -
Gorbachev Comes to Power
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Soviet Union Collapses
