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Russian Revoultion
Us opposed communism for the lack of rights, capitalism and no property owning. The US and Soviet had conflict for key events such as their ex unctions, rights and law differences, overthrow of democracy, as well as US sent aid to menchinks, we supported Lenin enemies. -
Iron Curtain
The iron curtain divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Blocked off Soviet Union from spreading communism to other countries. -
Containment
Containment the strategies of preventing the spread of communism abroad as a response to the Soviet Union. Containment also involved the "Buffer Zone" created by Stalin's red army for future invasion of Poland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany. George F. Kennan an american diplomat stationed in Moscow recommended Russia was insecure and Stalin showed outside world is hostile, could possibly back down under force. -
PotsDamn Conference
Tensions from the Pots Damn Conference consisted of security issues, democracy and freedom. Stalin didn't agree with those tensions. The conference was for Stalin to oppose Communism -
Atomic Bomb
Atomic bomb's upset the Soviet Union. The bomb's struck brutality, and balanced powers out wack. United States sent two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 killing 80,000 people instantly, and tens of thousands more would later die from radiation exposure. -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy was a U.S senator that claimed he had a list of 205 communists in the state department. He influenced the American Society in the 50's by people condemning their neighbors, friends, coworkers and in which people were shunned or fired. McCarthy was finally exposed as a fraud and a reckless bully for contempt against others, arrogant and his fame then evaporated. -
Molotov Plan
Created by the Soviet Union in 1947 to provide aid and rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. Soviet Unions version of the Marshall Plan. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine represented dramatic change in the U.S form policy of giving assistance. Truman asked congress for money to support Greece and Turkey. Truman Doctrine with the Marshall plan to revive of work economy in the world as a permit to emergence of political and social conditions. U.S feared communism would spread to Europe without aid. The only country to refuse money from the U.S was the Soviet Union. During the debate of the Marshall plan Czechoslovakia was taken over. -
Marshall Plan
American aid to Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion. Assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. The Soviet Union, viewed the Marshall Plan as a threat of internal affairs of other states and refused to participate. Soviets prevented Poland and Czechoslovakia from taking part. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade a major crises during the Cold War. World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies. The western powers instituted an airlift that lasted nearly a year and delivered much-needed supplies. -
The Berlin Airlift
During the Berlin Airlift, Germany and Berlin were divided up into fourths. Soviet's took over East Germany by their machinery, equipment, train tracks, factories to rebuild the Soviet Union. Stalin put a blockade over all land,roads , railways, shipments, and power over Berlin. U.S stepped in to resupply the city with food, medical supply, with flights every three minutes. U.S created the NATO a treaty organization of U.S , Canada and other 10 Europe nations. In return Soviets created Warsaw. -
NATO
The NATO ( National Atlantic Treaty Organization), an military ally group of the U.S, Canada and 10 other Europe nations. -
Soviet Union Bomb Test
The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949. It was a great shock to the United States because they were not expecting the Soviet Union to have built a nuclear weapon so soon. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 was a group during the accusations of communism who refused to answer questions and were convicted and sent to prison. This changed Hollywood to be exile and very obscure with the affect of hysteria and new security laws -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was accused as a spy for the Soviet Union. His case caused people to fear because the spread of documents of spies sending documents over to the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
The Korean War, a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself. July 1953, the Korean War ended. 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. The Korean peninsula is still divided today. -
Rosenberg trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. Rosenberg's were prosecuted because of their membership in the Communist Party. Their case became the cause of suspicions throughout the nation. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
First Indochina War, It consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communist and nationalist) forces for control of a small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border near Laos after French forces took over Dien Bien Phu. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's on Investigations for the conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Ended the Joseph McCarthy Era -
Geneva Confrence
The Geneva Conference was a conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 26 – July 20, 1954. It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. This convention produced a treaty designed to protect wounded and sick soldiers during wartime. -
Warsaw pact
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). The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. -
Hungarian Revolution
Was a nationwide revolt against the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956 due to problems in many Eastern European Communist countries, where people hated the hard-line Stalinist regimes that Russia had put in place. -
U2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
A new strategy brought on by John F. Kennedy inherited from Eisenhower "All or Nothing Defensive policy. With power seized in Cuba by Fidel Castro who the U.S worried about. We planned to arm invasion but embarrassed ourselves with unsuccessful -
Berlin Wall
West Berlin was a loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on 13 August 1961. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union had planted missile sites in Cuba. The U.S panned for possible invasion of Cuba with our military forces. We came up with our "Minute Men Missiles" poised to do if Soviets launched a strike we would destroy every major city in the Soviet Union. Military leaders advised John F. Kennedy to fry and use bombs. The solution to this crisis was not to invade Cuba and remove our American Missiles. MAD was established (Mutual Assured Destruction" for no one will survive nuclear war. -
Assassination of Diem
The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam, but also lead to political chaos in the nation. The United States became more involved in Vietnam as it tried to stabilize the South Vietnamese government and beat back the communist rebels that were becoming an increasingly powerful threat. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
President Lyndon Johnson announced that two days earlier, U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had been attacked by the North Vietnamese. Johnson dispatched U.S. planes against the attackers and asked Congress to pass a resolution to support his actions. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the name given to America's sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was started in an effort to demoralize the North Vietnamese people and to undermine the capacity of the government in North Vietnam to govern. -
Tet Offensive
The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 by North Vietnam was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam, The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. MLK known for impassioned speeches and nonviolent protests to fight segregation and achieve significant civil-rights for African Americans. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning. -
Assassination of RFK
n June 5, 1968, 42-year-old presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight PDT at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact nations – the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland -
Riots of Democratic convention
On this day in 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
Election of Nixon
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th election. On November 5, 1968, the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon won the election over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Kent State
May 1970, students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4, the Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War. -
Nixon visits China
Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China.U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
President Richard Nixon of the USA ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. The decision came after Dr. Henry Kissinger, the National Security Affairs advisory to the president, returned to Washington from Paris, France with a draft peace proposal. -
Fall of Siagon
Nixon promised South Vietnam that american aid would continue and that the US would respond with full force if the communists violated the cease fire. In the Nixon administration congress hearings revealed that Nixon and his staff waged an illegal war on the home front against political opponents. -
Reagan Elected
Served as the 40th U.S. president from 1981 to 1989. He cut taxes, increased defense spending, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets and is credited with helping to bring a quicker end to the Cold War. -
SDI announced
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), by name Star Wars, proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attack as originally conceived, from the Soviet Union. The SDI was first proposed by President Ronald Reagan in a nationwide television address on March 23, 1983. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva confrence 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. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
"Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961 -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a tangible symbol of the suppression of human rights by the Eastern bloc during the Cold War. East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West.
