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primary leader of the soviet union he implemented a command economy and labour camps for those who did not agreee with him
hs-important figure during the cold war for his daring ideas for spreading communism -
joined the communist party in Russia and was appointed party political cheif under Khrushchev.
hs- worked to spread communism and first party secretary of the communist party. -
world wide olympics held during the great depression when nobody else host it
hs-showed us competance in times of crisis -
The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue hs-kept peace between nations
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symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 HS-kept people on the inside while keeping unwanted information out
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international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947 hs-helped other countries immensly leading to our own boom
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offered American aid to European countries under communist control and to encourage democrtic ideals
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served as the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
hs-establihed communist rule -
defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party
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helped get supplies into communist south germany
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Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China, after the civil war ended in 1949 hs-because of this they didnt get a spot in the united nations
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conflict betweent North Korea and South Korea. The United Nations helped aid South Korea while China helped aid North Korea.
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first hydrogen bomb gives the u.s a short lived step forward in the nuclear race
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led soviet union during the cold war
hs-made kennedy look alot better -
security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991
hs-destroyed revolution 1956 -
The text of agreement that formally ended the war between France and the Vietminh in 1954
hs-seperated vietnam -
treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union
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War fought between North and South Vietnam that ended in 1975 with the north emerging victorious
hs-caused resenment amongst us people who couldnt understand why we were fighting there in the first place -
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serious of artificial sattelites created by the Soviet Union
hs-first to ever be put into orbit -
seperated germanys main city in half
hs-people tried to escpae do to how much they hated the soviet side -
The Soviet Union planted missiles in Cuba that would land in the United States
hs-almost startedna nuclear war -
war between Syria, Jordan and Egypt. The United Nbut the Isreali's wanted them out
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suprise attack from a rebel group in vietnam forcing the us to get invloved
hs-showed the power of communist governemnt -
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52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days by Iranian Muslimstudents
hs-boosted the spirits of the people in iran -
the soviets invaded afghan and is said to have caused vietnam war
hs-lots of afghans led the country due to fear they would be killed -
65 countries boycotted the games because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan led to the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics
hs-made carter look like he was unfit to be president -
words used by Mikhail Gorbachev Perestrioka means revolution and glasnost means openness.
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worst nuclear explosion in the history of mankind
hs-we're still feeling the affects today -
student demonstration in Beijing that received broad support from city residents and exposed china's weak governement
hs-known as the tianaman square massacre -
wall that seperated germanys main city into two differnt cities
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former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
hs-ended political communist power -
A Polish politician, trade-union organizer, and human rights activist.he later became President in Poland
hs-helped semi free parlimentry -
Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation,
hs-caused russia to hit an economic downturn -
the collapse of the ussr
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officer in the KGB. and became Acting President in december 1999 when Yeltsin resigned unexpectedly. Putin won the subsequent 2000 presidential election and was re-elected in 2004
hs-ended political crisis of the 90's
