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Russian Revolution
The Russian people lost faith in the Czar because of the unfair treatment of citizens and legal issues and corruption surrounding his appointees. This led to a period of revolution in Russia. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference between the Allied powers on what was going to happen to the destroyed post war Europe. -
The Atomic Bomb
The game was forever change with the invention and the use of the Atomic Bomb. This disrupted the balance between The United States and the Soviet Union. -
Molotov Plan
The Soviets created this plan to keep the buffer zone and set up trade deals between the Socialist nations. Also proposing the rebuild of the Satellite States under Soviet Influence -
The Hollywood Ten
During this time celebrities and other public figures were being blacklisted if the were suspected of having Soviet or communist ties. The Hollywood Ten was an alliance of figures who denounced McCarthyism and refused to speak in court about their communist ties. -
The Truman Doctrine
This was an American policy which basically stated the the US would back any country fighting the influence of the Soviet Union and communism. -
The Hollywood Ten
A group of famous Hollywood directors, actors, writers, ect. Were charged with suspicion of communism and refused to testify. -
Marshall Plan
The United States gave money to Western European countries to rebuild after the war. It also helped deter communism in these countries. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Soviets controlled sector of Berlin was blocked off from the rest of the city, and from the allies. People started to starve and the Russians took revenge on the people of Berlin. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviets catch up to the Americans. At this point they develop an atomic bomb. This changes everything once again. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was charged and convicted of perjury connected to Soviet espionage. This high profile case was followed by many judicial spy hunts in the coming era of the 50's. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the Soviet buffer zone. The Soviets conducted a huge land grab after the war turning it's surrounding counties to communism. This lasted from 1945 until 1991 -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between the North and South. The Soviet backed Northern Communists invaded the democratic South causing a war. The United States backed the Southern Koreans. -
The Rosenberg Trial
The Rosenbergs were American Citizens who were outed as spies for the Soviets. They were tried and executed for their crimes, -
Warsaw Pact
A forced alliance between the Soviet Union and the Satellite States around them under their control. -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian students created an uprising force to overthrow the communists, it was eventually squashed by communist troops. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The first confrontation between the French and the Vietnamese communists, when they lost colonial control. -
U-2 Spy Incident
An American spy plane was shot down by the Soviets in Soviet Airspace. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
1400 Cuban exhiles were to invade Cuba backed by the CIA, it failed miserably. -
Berlin Wall
The Soviets put up a wall on the eastern quarter of Berlin to punish the people for their supposed crimes against the Russian people during the war. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
This was a standoff between the US and the Soviet Union. The Soviets put missiles on Cuba. -
Assaination of Diem
Diem was the unpopular and out of touch president of South Korea and was assassinated by his own troops. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK was assassinated as a sitting president in the middle of the cold war by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Tet Offencive
A planned multifaceted attack against the United States troops stationed in Vietnam on the Tet holiday. -
Assassination of MLK
Another leader was assassinated in the year 1968 causing more tensions between communities. -
Operation: Rolling Thunder
The gradual bombing of Vietnam by the American Airforce.
