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The Russian Revolution
Communism now influences the Soviet Union, which upsets the United States and it marks the beginning of the tension that leads to the Cold War. -
The Potsdam Conference
After WWII ended the U.S. Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union met to discuss how Germany should be divided and how to secure everlasting peace. -
The Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project had been working on the first ever atomic bomb, which led to the end of the Pacific War by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But, this new weapon upset the Soviet Union because it is extremely powerful and destructive. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill delivered his speech about the Iron Curtain forming over Europe which separates the Western Ideals and the Soviets Unions communist take over. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was created by the Soviets to provide aid and rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was in place to change the U.S. foreign policies and provide aid to countries under attack from communism. With the U.S. eager to help, not every country such as Greece and Turkey wanted to be protected. Other then some resistance the U.S. donated 17 billion dollars in the fight against communism. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall's plan it was created to help aid post-war countries that were struggling economically which could easily be taken over by communism. The majority of European countries accepted help except for countries controlled by the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Airlift
After the Berlin Blockade, the Western allies wanted to prevent Berlin from being taken over by the Soviet Union. So Truman ordered a non aggressive airdrop to give supplies to the citizens trapped inside. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union set up the Berlin Blockade to isolate them with the Western allies, they wanted to strip Eastern Germany from ever being able to invade Russia again. This event also was one of the factors that led to the Cold War. -
NATO
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an alliance with Western countries and some Europe countries to provide military aid. After this treaty was signed it made Russia fearful of the new made alliance which they saw as a threat. -
Korean War
North and South Korea were both at war. The Soviet Union supported communist North Korea, whereas America supported South Korea. Little progress was made at the end of it. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American short documentary film. In the film, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. -
Alger Hiss Case
Former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. He was convicted of having perjured himself in regards to testimony about his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during WWII. -
Soviet Bomb Test
After the Soviets successfully tested their first bomb, the U.S became fearful of their new weapon. Also with this A-bomb the fear of WWIII because a very real possibility. -
Rosenburg Trial
Two American named Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were spies for the Soviet Union. After being convicted they were both executed via electric chair. -
Army- McCarthy Hearing
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Joseph McCarthy was very forward in trying to spread around the fear of communism, he also accused government official of being a communist. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was a conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 26 – July 20, 1954. It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact allied the Soviet Union with Poland and all the other country the Russians took over. It was created after NATO was formed in order to help protect themselves against possible war. -
The Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the Soviet and communist rules imposed on them. There was many problems with the way these Eastern European countries -
U2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident revealed the secret meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall signified different ideologies during the Cold War, specifically democracy and communism . It caused massive conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union which lasted years. It officially "fell" on November 9, 1989. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba. Fidel Castro became in power, and the U.S. wanted to overthrow the dictator. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Assassination of Diem
Following the overthrow of his government by South Vietnamese military forces the day before, President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother are captured and killed by a group of soldiers. The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam, but also lead to political chaos in the nation. -
Assassination of JKF
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam. -
Assassination of MLK
King was staying in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Who was later assassinated and killed via a gunshot wound. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight PDT at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He had just won the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, was a joint invasion with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland – on the night of 20–21 August 1968. -
Riots of Democratic convention
On this day in 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
TET Offensive
The Tet Offensive, or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 by North Vietnam and the NLF, was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War -
Kent State
In May 1970, students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4, the Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War. -
Nixon visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China. -
Election of Nixon
Nixon ended American involvement in the war in Vietnam in 1973 and brought the American POWs home, and ended the military draft. By late 1973, the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. On August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Vietnam War. On January 15, 1973, President Richard Nixon of the USA ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. The decision came after Dr. Henry Kissinger, the National Security Affairs advisor to the president, returned to Washington from Paris, France with a draft peace proposal. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. -
Reagan Elected
Reagan, a Republican, served as the 40th President of the United States (1981–89). Having been elected twice to the presidency, Reagan reshaped the Republican party, led the modern conservative movement, and altered the political dynamic of the United States. -
SDI announced
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), byname Star Wars, proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks—as originally conceived, from the Soviet Union. The SDI was first proposed by President Ronald Reagan in a nationwide television address on March 23, 1983. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was held on November 19 and 20, 1985, between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race. -
'Tear down this wall' speech
The speech given by Ronald Reagan at the west Berlin wall to the German people. This speech contained the famous line “Tear down this wall!” that Reagan directed to Mr. Gorbachev the leader of the Soviet Union at the time. The speech also marked the beginning of the thawing of the Cold War -
Fall of Berlin Wall
On November 9th 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, signalling the end of the division for Berlin citizens. The citizens of Berlin were officially allowed to cross the border starting at midnight on the 9th.
