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The Yalta Conference was held in Yalta by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. In the meeting they discussed the planning of post-war Germany. -
In the Potsdam Conference Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany. In the conference the three leaders negotiated post-war peace. -
The Creation of the United Nation's purpose was established after WWII to maintain international peace. -
The second Red Scare was a period in the U.S. during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was an intense time of anti-communist and fear of rise of communism in American society. -
The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would provide military, political, and economic help to democratic nations under authoritarian threats. The Truman Doctrine assisted Greece and Turkey with $400 million dollars in military and economically. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a a security alliance between North America and European countries. The goal of this was to promote peace and security and was signed in Washington D.C. -
The Korean was a conflict between North Korea supported by China, the Soviet union and South Korea supported by the United States. This war ended in an armistice but no peace treaty was signed and leaving the Korean peninsula divided. -
The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of the government under Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship by Fidel Castro. -
The space race was a period of time of competition between the United States and Soviet Union. In this race they competed using technologies for space exploration. -
The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist North Vietnam, its allies and North Vietnam supported by the united Stated and other anti-communist countries. This was a long war that lead to protests, loss of lives, and consequences. -
The Soviet Union constructed the Berlin Wall, dividing East Berlin from West Berlin. The wall intensified conflict between the East and West and tensions between the United States and Soviet Union. -
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attack by the CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro's power on Cuba. The goal was to establish a non-communist government and friendship to the United States. -
The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to suppress the Prague Spring movement. The Soviet Union's determination to maintain control over its satellite states in eastern Europe. -
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan aimed to support the Afghan communist government against anti-communist rebels. The war lasted for about a decade and the Soviet union signed agreement with the United States, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to withdraw its troops. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of division between the East and West Germany. The fall of the wall marked reunification of Germany and end of communist rule.