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Ho Chi Minh
He was a political leader, who was born in 1890 and died in 1969. He was a main rule of Communism in Vietnam. He helped contribute to the spread and idea of communism. -
Yeltsin
The president of Russia at the end of the Cold War. He and President Bush formally ended the Cold War. It is significant because the Cold War was finally over and they did not have to worry about Communism anymore. -
United Nations
The worlds organization for international peace. It keeps everything and every country in check. -
Iron Curtain
This was the separation of East and West Soviet Union. It seperated communism and Democracy. It led to countries spliting in half instead of the entire country being one or another. -
Truman Doctrine
An American Cold War policy that supported Greece and Turkey with economic and military support to prevent them from becoming Communist. It is significant because those were stratigic countries that we did not want to fall to communism. -
European Economic Cooperation
It was a plan to help the ecomony. It was intended to help the ecomony so the country would grow and strengthen, and not fall to communism. -
The Marshall Plan
This was an American program to aid Europe. We gave them economic support to helpe stop the spread of communism. It was significant because we were trying to stop the spread of Communism, and help rebuild a war devestated region. -
Berlin Airlift
The US supplied food and fuel to the Citizens of West Belin. The Berlin Airlift helped the allies to be stronger so they could resist communism. -
North Atlantic Treaty
This was an association of the United States and European countries, to defend themselves against the Societ Union. It was historicallt significant because they took action to defend themselves and form an alliance against Soviet Union, so if they attacked one of them, they all would attack back. -
Peoples Republic of China
Mao Zedong took over China, and made it Communism, and this was a blow to the Unites States, because we had been funding China to keep it from becoming Communist. It was the largest country in Asia, and it was now Communist. It is historically significant becuase we had been funding it, and it still was converted, but it was not enough. -
Stalin
Was the leader of the begining of the Cold War, and made the Soviet Union Communist after World War II. -
Putin
President, Chairman and Prime minister of Russia at one time, and was an officer of KGB. He has been said to have helping Russia out of its crisis in the 1990's. It is significant because it is leading Russia out of its Communism and into a powerfull country. -
Explosion of the first hydrogen bomb
The US used our first atomic bomb on a test island. This led to us using atomic bombs on Japan. -
Suez Canal/ Nasser
Was a canal that Egypts President Nasser annouced, and was built to improve the movement of trading and movement. It was historicallt signigicant beacuse the US helped build it, and it improved trade for countries in that area. -
Geneva Accords
Was a conference in Switzerland where they tried to solve the Israilei- Palistinian conflict. It was a attempt to settle a conflict to lessen the War. -
Warsaw Pact
The treaty was signed to keep a close eye of the communist parties, and was a way to strengthen the military of the alliances. The importanve is it was a mass grouping of alliances to help end Communism. -
Vietnam
This was a war fought between Noth Vietnam, by its supported communist allies and against South Vietnam and anti- communitst allies. It is significant because they were fighting to stay communist free. -
Nikita Krushchev
Was a Russian man who gained control of the Communist Party, and wanted to spread communism as much as he could. He caused Communism to spread, which affected the War. -
Sputnik is lauched
During the Cold war Russia and the US tryed to beat each other to sending a sattelite into space. It allowed both countries to advance in there space technology, and gave us more information about space. -
Korean War
When communist North Korea invaded non communist South Korea, and tried to take over. It was what involved other countries to help South Korea defend there territory. -
Berlin Wall is erected
The Berlin Wall is a wall built to keep Germany seperate, and to keep people inside West Germany. It was an attempt to seperate communism and non communism states. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
When the US discovered the Soviet Unions missles in Cuba, and the dangerous situation between the two countries involving the missles aimed at the US. If the Soviet Union would have launched the missles it would have changed the war. -
Lenoid Brezhnev
He joined the communist party in 1931. He was the Soviet Union leader during the Cold War. He was responsible for the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Tet Offensive
The communists lauch there biggest attack on South viatimease and U.S troops. It was significant beacause it was a big part of the war. -
Helsinki Accords
Was a major diplomatic agreement that was signed at Helsinki, Finland. It was a effort to ease tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western blocs. It was an attempt to ease the tensions and reduce war. -
KGB ( Committee for State Security)
The state security police of the USSR, it allowed security for the country and protection. It was a police enforment to insure the government was safe that would lead to future protection policies. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Was born in 1978, and was a Soviet Statesman, and the General secratary of the Communist Party. It affected the Soviet Union because the people that were in charge of the country were communist party members. -
Iranian hostage crisis
This was a diplomatic crisis between the US and Iran. We gave Iran weapons in exchange for weaons. It led to the countries learning to talk about there problems before delcaring war beacuse of a disagreement. -
Solidarity Movement in Poland ( with Lech Walesa)
This was established by Lech Walesa in Poland, and was the first non- communist party in the Warsaw pact country. It rapidly grew and became very popular, and the US supported them finiacially. It is important becuase the US was involved helping them, and trying to give them more power. -
Moscow Olympics
The Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia, and the United States team refused to compete. It was historicallt significant because we had never refused to compete in the Olympics. -
Peresrokia and Glasnost
The Soviet Union started to have many problems, like agriculture, and the country lacked technology advances. Glasnost means "Openess" and Perestroika means de-monopilization, and called for free markets. This is historicallt significant because it lessend the grip of communism, and eventually led to a democracy. -
Russia Invsion of Afganistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afganistan and stayed there and it lasted nine years. The United States and many other countries helped Afganistan as much as they could. It is significant because it was a long war, and it affected Afganistan a lot, and many native people left the country. -
Los Angeles Olympics
It was olymipics held in Los Angeles when several countries refused to participate, beacuse of the war going on. It was historically significant because it was the first time so many countries had refused to participate. -
Chernobyl
It was a nucular accident that happend in Ukraine, under Soviet Union control. It showed the world the bad effects of nucular weapons, and effected the people of Ukraine. -
Tiananmen Square
Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square in Bejing and kill and arresting non communist people. It is significant because they are trying to force people to communism. -
Berlin Wall is torn down
The Berlin Wall was built to keep Germany seperated between commmunist and non communist states, and it was started to be torn down, to allow Germany to be reunited. It allowed Germany to become one country again, and to strengthen themselves as one instead of being split. -
End of USSR
The Soviet Union slowly started falling apart after Brezhnev's death. It was the end of the Soviet Unions communism party.
