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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting where Churchill, FDR, and Stalin all met together. This meeting was known as the start of the cold war. This affected the cold war because it started it. -
Arms Race
The Arms race was a period in time when countries would race to complete or make war weapons. The countries would try to make a better weapon than the other countries. This affected the Cold War because all these countries had all types of weapons and could use them at any moment. -
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was created by President Truman. The Truman Doctrine was the USA providing military and economic aid to other countries threated by Communism. This affected the Cold War because the USSR wanted to spread comuniism, but the US wanted to stop it. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a plan that George Marshall helped create. This plan was to help Europe through the war by giving them a 13 billion dollar loan. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to keep people from coming in and out of Berlin, Germany. Doing this they cut off all supplies to Berlin and causing the people to go hungry. This event affected the Cold War because it caused the people of Germany to become angery. -
Division of Germany
The division of Germany was when Germany was split into four sections. The soviet Union controlled East Germany. The Allies then controlled West Germany. This affected the cold war because Germany was spilt into two causing East Germany to be upset about being under Soviet Unions control. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was due to the Berlin Blockade. The US flew in supplies to the people in Berlin, because the Soviet Union blocked them in. This affected the cold war because it showed how the US was helping other countries that were not involved with communism. -
Hydrogen Bomb
The Hydrogen Bomb was created in 1952. This bomb was more destructive than the first atomic weapons. The affected the Cold War, because this put other countries in fear. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union who died from a massive heart attack. Stalin's death affected the Cold War because after he died Nikita Khrushchev became the new leader of the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
Communism was trying to spread in Korea, so UN forces were sent in to stop it. Chinese forces entered the war to help North Korea. This war affected the Cold War because it was caused by communism. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact is a military alliance of Communist Block nations. Some countries involved in the Warsaw Pact are USSR, East Germany, Albania, Czech, Poland, Hungary, and Romania. This affected the Cold War, because it was affecting the Communist countries. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution is an uprising for anti-Soviet demonstrations in Hungary. The leader, Khrushchev, crushed the revolution by having tanks roll through Budapest. This affected the cold war, because it was showing other countries how people don't want communism. -
Space Race
The space race was a lot like the arms race, except it was not about weapons but about space. I started when the first satellite was sent into space. This affected the war because we were spending money on trying to send men to space. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was starting to be built in August 1961. The wall was to keep the people who lived in East Germany from going over to West Germany. This affected the Cold War because it made many people in Germany angery and upset. -
Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War the US went to help fight an end the war. Also during this war Vietnam split into two different countries. Northern Vietnam was communists, but Southern Vietnam was democratic. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. This war lasted 10 years and the people the Soviet Union fought were the Afghan Rebels. This affected the cold war because they used a lot of money for the war and it lasted a long time. -
INF Treaty
The INF treaty was signed by the United States and Soviet Union to stop all nuclear bombs from being used on other countries. This treaty affected the Cold War, because it prevented countries being destroyed by nuclear bombs. -
Official End of the Cold War
The Official End of the Cold War was in December 1989. President George Bush and Gorbachev got together and declared the end of the Cold War. This affected the cold war because it ended everything. -
German Unification
During the Cold War Germany split into two parts, East and West Germany. While they split Germany they split its capital too, Berlin. At the end of the cold war around 1990 German became one country again. This affected the Cold War because it was towards the end of the war and helped end it. -
U.S.S.R. Breakup
The USSR or Soviet breakup happed in 1990. The soviet is made up of 15 separate Republics. This didn't affect the cold war that much because it happened after the cold war ended.
