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The Cold War
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Yalta Conference
Was the second meeting between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s surrender and began plans for a post-war world. They planned to set up four zones in Germany to be run by Russia, the United States, Great Britain, and France. Stalin ended up lying about what he would do in his sector once they captured Germany. This led to tremendous tensions between the Allies and the Soviet Union. This would soon bew called the Cold War. -
Berlin Declaration
The Berlin Declaration was to give complete authority to the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. The countries powers do not effect the annexation of Germany. The declaration confirmed the division of the Allied-occupied Germany and set up a goverment seperate for each zone. The Allied Control Council was established to execute the governmental power in each sector. The seprate zones would lead to many people choosing the better zone. -
Postdam Conference
The meeting took place in Berlin and became the final meeting for the "big three" countries during World War 2. This meeting was to call for Japan's surrender, or other options if Japan were to keep fighting. On July 27, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain was replaced by his successor, Clement Attlee. THe three leaders discussed what to do with Japan that was kept secret for quiet a while. Greater tension would rise between Russia and the rest of the Allies. -
North Vietnam
A few hours after the surender of Japan, Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam. Minh was able to organize a guerrilla organization named Viet Minh. Their main goal was to fight for Vietnam independence. After helping in the war effort against the Japanese, Minh asked France to be independent. France ends of bombing a Vietnamese city and starting the First Indochina War. Minh sent out assaults against France. The war lasted for 8 years. -
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First Indochina War
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Marshall Plan
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Containment Policy
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Berlin Blockade
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Berlin Airlift
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NATO
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Soviet Union tests A-Bomb
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People’s Republic of China founded
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Korean War - American Involvement
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Second Red Scare
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Eisenhower Presidency
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Iranian coup d’état
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Warsaw Pact
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Suez Crisis
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Hungarian Revolution
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Sputnik
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Cuban Revolution
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U2 Incident
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Kennedy Presidency
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Bay of Pigs
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Berlin Wall
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Checkpoint Charlie
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First Man in Space
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JFK Assassination
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Vietnam War - American involvement
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SALT I
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Prague Spring
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Tet Offensive
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Nixon Presidency
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Apollo 11
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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Nixon visits China
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SALT II
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Détente
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Yom Kippur War
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Paris Peace Accords
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Chilean coup d’état
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Fall of Saigon
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Khmer Rouge & the “Killing Fields”
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Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
