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Battle of Berlin
Marks the end of WW2, in Europe. When the "Red Army" got into the German front. Ended up dividing Germany into four, this was discussed at the wartime meeting, between allies. -
*Slinky
The Slinky was invented by an engineer,Richard James. He was trying to creat a spring that would hold up on ships in rough seas. -
*Kirov wolf attacks
Series of wolfs eating humans. This happened in the nine raions. 22 children were killed. -
containment
Policy made by the United States. It was made to stop the speard of communism. We made this policy because of the Soviet Union. -
Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain is a wall/barrier made by the Soviet Union. It was made to keep its people in, and to isolate itself from others.It was also used to keep eastern and central european allies from contacting the west and other areas that wernt commmunist. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, is about how the US will help out places under communisn. That the US will provide them with political, military and economic assistance. -
Marshall Plan
When the US decided to help rebuild Europe after WW2. They/We mainly wanted to help out, with building, good economics and politc, related things. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was when the Soviet Union tried to prevent France, Great Britain and the United States, to travel to their area/sector in berlin. -
Apartheid
After the National Party gained power in South Africa its government quickly began to enforce racial, segregation policies. This was under a system of legislation thats called Apartheid. -
*SU atomic bomb project
Was a research and development program during WW2. Directed by Igor Kurchatov. Igor was a nuclear physicist. The Atomic Bomb Project was also part of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building. -
Korean War
Started when North Korea's army, crossed the 38th Parallel. North Korea (comunist) wanted to take over Korea. America joined sides with South Korea. In the end the border between North and South Korea ened up being almost what it was before the war. -
*Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight was president till 1961. He is known for being one of the best generals in WW2. -
*Khrushchev Thaw
The Khrushchev Thaw is the time when repression and censorship were revised. Also millions of Soviet political prisoners were released. This lasted from the 1950's to the 1960's. -
Domino Theory
This theory was promoted by the US it states that if one region goes under communism others will follow. -
Vietnam War
Between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was under communism. The communist's name is Ho Chi Minh. He wanted Vietnam, as a whole to become a communist country. America was allied with South Vietnam. In the end Vietnam became a Socialist Republic. -
*Word Wide Web
An man named Tim Berners-Lee created the "Web". He's from London England. He made the web for sharing scientific data, with other scientists. The web is now used for anything, and almost every thing. -
*Disneyland
Disneyland is a fun,magical, family resort. It was made by The Walt Disney Company. Disney Land is located in Anaheim, California. -
*Rosa Parks
A coloured lady, named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. This is was lighted the fire of the bus boycotts. -
*Play Doh
Play Doh in a non toxic, modeling like clay, that can be reused over and over again. It use to be only one colour, off white, and one size, 1.5 pounds. Nowadays Play Doh come is many colours and many sizes -
*Sputnik 1
First, ever Earth satellite. Its a metal sphere with four external radio antennae. The antennaes are for broadcasting radio pulses. -
*Explorer I
The first ever satellite that the US put in space. It was also the US's first successful orbit around earth -
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was when the current Communist in China, Moa Zedong, tried to modernize China's economy. He wanted to modernize the economy by 1988, so that it would be as good as America's economy. -
OPEC
OPEC stands for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. It was made to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members and to provide technical and economic aid. -
*SU first man in space
Yuri Gagarin, was the first man in space. He was on board the Vostok 1. He was also the first person to orbit the earth. -
Bay of Pigs
The "Bay of Pigs" was a military invasion on Cuba by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506. It was unsuccessful. -
*Nutella
Nutella is an amazing hazelnut spread. Everyone should eat nutella. It's delicious on toast, bagels, some fruits, and on a spoon. -
*G I Joe
G I Joes were first produced by Hasbro. They are dolls, or more known as "action figures" for boys. G I stands for galvanized iron. -
*Super Bowl
The first Super Bowl happened in 1967. Between kansas city cheifs and the green bay packers. -
Tet Offensive
Was series of attacks on cities and towns in North Vietnam. The Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces. -
*Hacky Sack
John Stalberger and Mike Marshall of Oregon City invented the Hacky Sack. Its also called the "footbag". -
Watergate
US political scandal, this was because of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Also because of the Nixon administration's attempt in covering up its involvement. -
1972 Olympics-palestinian terrorist
Most violent's, ever, at the Olympics. Palestinian commandos armed rifles, broke into the quarters of the Israeli team at the Olympic Village, in Munich, Germany. They killed two members and took nine hostage. -
*Kinder Egg/Surprise
The Kinder Egg or Kinder Surprise is a hollow chocolate egg with a plastic capsule, that is filled with a puzzle, toy, etc. and is wraped in foil. Kinder Eggs are manufactured by Italian company, Ferrero. Kinder Eggs are illegal in the U.S., if you try to bring one over you can get up to a $2,500 fine. -
*Vegetarian Day
Vegetarian day was established by the North American Vegetarian Society. This day is for vegetarians to show the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of becoming vegetarian. BEING VEGETARIAN IS AWESOME :D -
Camp David Accords
When Israel and Egypt signed two agreements. They were signed by the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the Egypt president Anwar Sadat. -
Ayatollah Khomeini
He was a supreme religious leader in the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was named political and religious leader of Iran for ever. -
Iran Hostage situation
Crisis between Iran and the United States. Iran kept 52 american hostage for 444days. -
*Cell Phone
The cell phone was first introduced to Japan, then Scandinavia, USA, and so on. The cell phone is a device used to call, or contact someone else, that live far away. -
perestroika and glasnost
perestroika means restructuring and glasnost means openness. perestroika and glasnost showed huge changes in the Soviet Union's economic practice, internal affairs and international relations -
*Invasion of Grenada
Took north of Venezuela. We were stoping the communism there. We wernt there for long, it only took two months. -
*Doppler Radar
Heinrich Hertz of Germany invented Doppler Radar. He came up with a hypothosis that "an electric current swinging very rapidly back and forth in a conducting wire would radiate electromagnetic waves into the surrounding space " Now adays we measue frequencies in Hertz (Hz) -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
When students(In China) protested for a democracy. They did this in Beijing. The Chinese didn't approve of this so they sent troops and tanks to Tianamen square(in Beijing). This turned into a huge massacre, that was brodcasted. -
NAFTA
Stands for North American Free Trade Agreement . Is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. NAFTA is just a free trade agreement -
*Daft Punk-Homework
Daft Punk is a electronic, French House band. In 1997 they came out with their first album, Homework. Since then they have came up with 5 albums and did the soundtrack for the Disney movie, Tron.
