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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution dismantled the tsar ruling and helped the Soviet Union to come to be. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference came to be because the discussion on who gets control of Germany, Post war boundaries, winning the war with Japan, and a lasting world peace. Some tensions came to be such as Stalin wanting to invade all of Europe and install Communism. -
Atomic Bomb - Nagasaki/Hiroshima
The U.S. was the first country to have nuclear weapons and use them for that matter. The U.S. dropped the very first nuclear bomb during the Manhattan project. The first use of a nuclear weapon on a human population was Hiroshima in Japan. The second time a nuclear bomb was used on human population was Nagasaki to end World War 2 for the U.S. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was used to divide Europe into two separate areas post World War 2. The Iron Curtain was used to keep Communism away from Europe. The Soviet Union or Russia was mainly the Country trying to enforce communism. -
Truman Doctrine
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Molotov Plan
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Hollywood 10
In October 1947, 10 members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, during its probe of alleged communist influence in the American motion picture business. -
Berlin Blockade
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Marshall Plan
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Berlin Airlift
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Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy and was convicted of perjury. -
NATO
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Korean War
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Rosenburg trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who spied for the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted and executed by the United States government. -
Soviet Bomb Test
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Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy.
