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Russian Revolution
Russian revolution in 1917 was a revolution that led to the rise of the Soviet Union and the Russian empires collapse -
Atomic Bomb
The atomic bomb was shot by the United states for the japan because they would not give up so the US bomb Hiroshima,Nagasaki -
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof home of Prince Wilhelm, was a conference of the three heads of government of the USSR,USA,and UK. -
Iron Curtin
The lron Curtain was a metaphor of a wall to block the soviet union and have the allies keep away from communist -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was a system that the soviet union created that was to rebuilt Eastern Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was invaded by Harry S Truman which he asked Congress for money to pay for military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 is a group was motion-pictures produces that refused to answer question about communist. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift was a major international crises during the cold war. The soviet Union Blockaded the western Allies roads, railway, and canal access cuting off food access. On June 26 The Western Allies formed an organization and flew over 200,000 sorties in one year(food, supplies etc) -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockage was when the soviet union blocked in west Berlin to try to make them fail and not to grow -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous again. -
Nato
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
Korean War
The Korean war between North and South Korean and was crossed at the 38th parallel -
Rosenburg trial
The Rosenberg trial was a married couple that was accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians -
Alger Hiss case
The Alger Hiss case was a Government official who was accused of being a spy and convinced of perjury. -
Soviet bomb test
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Army-McCarthy hearings
The McCarthy hearing was a serious of hearing held by the United States senates and investigating. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the Communist regime of the Hungarian -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was among several nations that took place in Geneva and it was to settle outstanding issue resulting. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. -
U2 Incident
Francis Gary Powers had been on a top secret mission: to over fly and photograph denied territory from his U2 spy plane deep inside Russia. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. -
Bay of pigs
The Bay Of Pigs invasion refers to the CIA sponsored American attack of the Cuban government in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was a tricky plan to execute as US was not in war with Cuba then. Though the US planned to appear “not being involved” in this attack and declared about their non-intention to intervene in Cuban affairs, Cuba had already approached the UN with the facts about the US training mercenaries for this planned invasion. -
Cuban Missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was averted. -
Assassination of Diem
Vietnamese political leader who served as president, and was not a very good president. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK was kill on November 22, 1963 While he was in car waving to the people of Texas -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf was a measurement to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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Operation Rolling Thunder
The Rolling Thunder was a title gradual of a bombing campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive is a General offensive and uprising of tet mau to North Vietnam. -
Election of Nixon
Nixon was elected up against Hubert H Humphrey in 1968 and won by 290 electoral votes -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. -
Assassination of MLK
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr was a big hit for the U.S and the African Americans groups that supported the right for black to vote and have freedom -
Riots of Democratic convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. The convention was held during a year of violence, political uneasiness, and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4. -
Kent State
There was a shooting at kent state involving the death of 4 students about 48 years ago to this year -
Nixon visits China
an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the high point of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
Fall of Saigon
this marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam -
Reagan elected
The United States presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4th 1980 -
SDI announced
President Reagan proposed the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an ambitious project that would construct a space-based anti-missile system. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was held on November 19 and 20, 1985, between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
Speech made by Ronald Reagan to the people of Berlin about the wall being brought down.
