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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
Truman Doctrine
U. S. President Harry Truman set up an international relations policy which stated that the U. S. would support Greece and Turkey. They wanted to support them with economic and military aid.l They didnt want Greece and Turkey to join the Soviet Forces. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an aid to Europe. The Plan helped strengthen and build European countries after WWII. They didn't want Soviet Communism to spread. -
Berlin Airlift
American and British aircrafts flew supplies to Berlin. The Soviet lifted the blockade to prevent WWIII in May of 1949. -
NATO
NATO standsfor the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. All of the countries agreed to provide support. They also agreed to help if any of them were attacked. -
German Unification
Konrad Adenaur cooperated with other countries to gain respect from West Germany. He revived the economy and brought the unemployment rate down to 4%, but he resigned an economic crash that allowed the Social Democratic Party to take over. -
USSR Atomic Bomb
The USSR Atomic Bomb led to the opposing military alliances. The military alliances were like NATO and Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union wew shot into an arms race. WHen they were shot into the arms racethe Soviet Atomic Bomb exploded. -
Korean War Begins
The Korean War was the first conflict that had arisen from the cold war. North Korea walked on South Korean grounds to take away Seoul. America tried to protect and defend South Korea. In 1953, America and North Korea signed a cease-fire which ended the war. -
Rosenberg Spy Case
Julius and Ethel were suspected to be Russian Spies. Their trial began on March 6th. They were convicted on March 29th and on April 5th they were sentenced to death for transmitting or attempting to transmit confidential info to foreign countries. -
East German Uprising
The government was demanding an increase in productivity, so the citizens of East Berlin began to protest. This went on for a while. -
Korean War Ends
After Korea invaded South Korea the United States immediately discussed it with the United Nation. America sent it's troops in to fight with South Korea and in 1953, the war ended with the signing of the cease-fire. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was an alliance in opposition to NATO. It was composed of the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania. -
Nakita Kruschev Comes To Power
Nakita Kruschev broke the cold war apart. He became the leader of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev held a number of important positions in the Soviet government in the 1940s. -
Hungarian Uprising
The hungarian uprising was a rebellion that started because of all the economic difficulties. Imre Nagy declared Hungary a free nation with free elections, to try control the uprising. But Kruschev would not allow it. So the Soviet Union attacked Budapest and successfully took over Hungaria. -
Sputnik
The first space satellite to orbit the earth was called the Sputnik. It was made by the soviets, so America was very scared of it. The United States was under the impression that a "missile gap" existed between her and the Soviet Union. -
U2 Incident
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was forced to admit to spying on the Soviet Union after an American Spy Plane was shot down. The pilot was sentenced to ten years in jail, but was released after only two years in exchange for a captured soviet spy. -
Bay Of Pigs Invasion
From the seventeenth to nineteenth the United States and Brigade 2506 invaded Cuba. But, the invasion failed within three days the men sent to liberate communist Cuba from Fidel Castro were defeated. It gave Castro more power. -
Berlin Wall (Building)
The wall was built between East and West Berlin. It was built with barbed wire and concrete. It was other known as "Antifascistischer Schutzwall" or "Antifascist Bulward." -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union placed their missiles in Cuba, after U.S.'s failed invasion of Cuba, But, the U.S. already placed theirs in Italy and Turkey. The soviet union was willing to risk nuclear confrontations. This changes the view of the Cold War. -
Prague Spring
Prague Spring happened eith the beginning of the attacks of the Czechoslovakian President. It led to student uprising and later, the election of Alaxander Dubcekas the new Czechoslovakian President. He made a reform plan but they were soon invaded by the soviet troops. -
Mikhail Gorbechev Comes To Power
Mikhail Gorachev, born March 2, 1931, was a Soviet Union Official and general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 as he became President of the Soviet Union in 1990 to 1991. -
Berlin Wall (Taking Down)
The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War. It symbolized the separation of the countries. -
German Unification
In order to gain respect for West Germany, Konrad Adenauer cooperated with others countries. He revived the economy and brought the unemploment rate down four percent. But after, he resigned an economic crash allowed for the Social Democratic Party to take over.