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The first successful Communist revolution of a major world power, laying the foundation for the Cold War. The west saw the immediate threat of Communism and attempted to destroy them before they rose to power.
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The Potsdam conference was a meeting between the allied powers to determine the boundaries for the reconstruction of Europe and Asia after ww2.
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After Japan refused to surrender against the united states of America, The united states dropped two atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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A speech given at a small college in England declaring there to be an "iron curtain" in Europe separating the free countries from the oppressed Soviet controlled countries.
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The first war between the Vietnamese and the French for control of Vietnam.
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The Hollywood 10 were a group of Hollywood actors, writers, and directors who were accused of being communist spies and brainwashing Americans through there movies.
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An American foreign policy to counter the geo-political expansion of the soviet union.
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A response to the American Marshall plan giving aid to Soviet-controlled European countries.
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The plan created by George C Micheal to prevent communist spread in Europe by rebuilding devasted regions of Europe. The u:s government gave over 12 billion dollars, as well as necessary supplies for reconstion to destroyed countries.
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Alger Hiss was an American diplomat who was tried for being a Soviet spy. He was convicted of perjury, not espionage.
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Wanting control of West Berlin the soviet union blockaded all of Berlin. Keeping allied supplies needed to rebuild the rest of the city as well as food and medical supplies.
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For nearly a year the US flew b-29 bombers full of food, medical supplies and even candy for the children. These supplies sustained west Berlin until the Soviets stopped the blockade.
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The North Atlantic treaty organization which allied most of Europe with the united states, France and England
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At a remote site in Semipalatinsk Kahistikstan, the USSR successfully tested an atomic bomb changing the shape of the cold war.
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The Korean war was a conflict between the US and the Soviet back people of North Korea, who had recently had a Russian revolution. The war started when 75,000 North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel which separated north and south Korea.
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The Rosenbergs were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit espionage and were executed by the electric chair.
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TheUs senate held a congressional hearing to investigate the conflicting accusations of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who accused many of being communists and spies for the Soviet Union
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A Conference held between several nations to settle outstanding issues in the Korean and Indochina war.
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A treaty of Friendship between the soviet union and multiple eastern block European countries.
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People of Hungary revolted against its communist leaders and attempted a revolution of the country until the Soviets squashed the revolution with tanks and soldiers.
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An American spy plane in deep Soviet territory was shot down, raising tensions between both nations.
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A failed invasion of Cuba, manned by former Cuban citizens trained by the CIA. The invasion failed because the president did not give proper support to the troops.
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A wall surrounding West Germany from the rest of Berlin constructed by the Soviets.
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The United States intercepted a Soviet ship attempting to bring nuclear missiles into Cuba. This event was the closes the untied states and soviet union declared war.
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The president of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem was brutally assassinated in Ho Chi Mihn city. This event was a turning point in the conflict in Vietnam.
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President John F Kennedy was assassinated while driving through downtown Dallas. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on the 6th floor of a nearby abandoned building.
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A bill passed by Congress allowing president Lyndon B Johnson to deploy troops in Vietnam.
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The name given to the air war fought in Vietnam. The US used carpet bombing, Napalm, and Agent Orange often.
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A North Vietnamese and Vietcong led invasion of South Vietnam. Which was a turning point in the war?
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Doctor Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in Memphis on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel.
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After an attempted rebellion by Czech Civilans, The Soviet union stomped out the rebellion and killed 137 people in the process.
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During a year of violence te thousand plus protesters descended upon the DNC to rally against the Vietnam War.
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Richard Nixion was elected president after a divided democratic party allowed the republican candidate to win.
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After the US left Vietnam the North Vietnamese invaded and captured South Vietnam and the US embassy in the Capitol Saigon.
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A protest against the Vietnam war a Kent state turned violent when after the national guard opened fire on the unarmed protesters killing 4 in the process.
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President Nixon was the first US president to visit it since 1949. This would later lead to open trade between communist China and capitalist America.
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After Fighting the longest war in US history and negative support for the war from the media and the public. The US agreed on a ceasefire which made us leave the country.
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After A rough decade in the 70s for America Republican Candidate Ronald Reagan is elected with an aggressive approach to both the cold war and problems in the states.
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Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative, a group of military satellites that used lasers to destroy potential nuclear missiles headed towards America.
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The two most powerful men in the world met for the first time at the Geneva conference and discussed ways to limit nuclear weapons and end the cold war.
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A speech was given in an unsecured section of west Berlin calling for Mikail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall".
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After many years of resistance in the eastern block. The spokesperson for Eastern Germanys Communist party announced that citizens could cross the border into West Berlin. Effectively ending the Cold war
