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Yalta Conference
Allied leaders, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, all meet up for a meeting and decided on division of Europe -
Truman Doctrine
Usa provided military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism -
Marshall Plan
US's plan to aid Europe -
Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union blocked Allies' section to Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
Plan by Americans to airlift supplies and food to Berlin when Russia blocked Allies forces out of Berlin -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO is an alliance that includes United States, France, Canada and many others. -
Russian Atomic Bomb
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
Koren War
War between North Korea and Sounth Korea -
Arms Race
A competion between US and Soviet Union to create the best weapons (Began in 1950s) -
Stalin's Death
Died of stroke in Moscow -
USS Nautilus
The USS Nautilus was the first nuclear submarine to be launched by the US. -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam trying to overthrow South Vietnam's governement -
Space Race
Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space named Sputnik. -
U-2 incident
During the Cold war, a U-2 plane was shot down. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy (JFK) was elected president in the US. He was the 35th president of the United States. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban exiles tried to invade Cuba but failed. -
Berlin Wall
German Democratic Republic built wall in Berlin to seperate West Berlin from East Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was an international crisis with Cuban missile sites that the United States and Soviet Union were involved with which caused their to be a nuclear war at any time between them -
John F. Kennedy assisnated
JFK was assisanted in Dallas, TX at 12:30 as he rode in a car. -
Nakita Khrushchev comes to power
Became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was a space vehicle that carried three American astronauts to the moon and back. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan after Soviet went against the Mujahideen -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
became a Gerneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
INF Treaty
Agreement between the Soviet Union and United States -
Poland Independence
Poland becomes independent and was no longer ruled by the Soviet Union. -
Hungary Indepedence
Hungary becomes independent from the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall demolished
Berlin Wall is destroyed and East Germany allows West Germany migrate independently -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin was elected President of Russia after the fall of the USSR -
German Reunification
German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany -
USSR Breakup
Soviet flag was lowered and replaced with Russian Tricolor. Russia became a new independent Russian state.
