End of WWII

By Torys7227

  • End of WWII

    The end of the most widespreed war in history, which included most of the world powers.

  • Iron Curtain Speech

    Church used the phrase "Iron Curtain" to describe the division between Western powers and the area controlled by the Soviet Union

  • Marshall Plan

    Large-scale American program to aid Europe in combat against the Soviet Union

  • House Un-American Activitites Committee: Hollywood Blacklists

    The HUAMC leaders, do to the communist threat, blacklisted actors acccused of having communist sympathies.

  • Chinese Civil War

    Fought between the Chinese Nationalist party and the Republic of China

  • Berlin Airlift

    The Allies provided the blocked off portion of Berlin with supplies that they needed.

  • McCarthy Trials

    Unjust accusations on people claimed to have communist symphathies.

  • Rosenberg Execution

    The Rosenbergs were accused of persuading Ethel's brother, David Greenglass, to provide them with confidential U.S. military information gained from his involvement in the development of nuclear weapons.
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    Cuban Revolution

    The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista
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    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Revolt against communist rule

  • U2 Incident

    A U2 was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union

  • Creation of the Berlin Wall

    The wall that later became the symbol of the Cold War, it cut off West Berlin from East Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Thirteen day scare of whether Cuba's missiles would launch at the US or not.

  • Limited Test Ban Treaty

    The treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    A US sub was engaged by three vietnamese battle torpedos

  • Tet Offensive

    A military campaigne that occured during the Vietnam war

  • Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Done by the Soviet Union to stop Alexander Dubček's Prague Spring political reforms

  • SALT 1 Treaty

    Stop productions of ballistic missiles

  • Nixon visits China

    The first step in trying to make relations between The People's Republic of China and the US more peaceful

  • Fall of Saigon

    The capture of a major city in Vietnam, by the US
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    Soviet war in Afghanistan

  • 1980 Olympic Boycott

    The US boycotted the War in Afganhistan at the summer olmypics.

  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Used ground- and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear missiles.

  • Break up of Soviet Union

    Many countries bgan demanding their independance from the sovie union

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin wall was torn down as communist rule ended