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The Russian Revolution
The revolution and end of the Monarchy and the development of the U.S.S.R aka the Soviet Union -
Soviet bomb test
Soviet tests to make a Atomic bomb throughout the second world war -
The Potsdam Conference
The Decision making of how to handle the lands and surrenders of the Axis, including those taken by the Axis. -
Atomic bomb - Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The Nukes that America sent on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the reasons were to make Japan surrender as fast as possible -
Berlin Airlift
The supply of East Berlin, which also would act as bait to have the Soviets attack an unarmed humanitarian vehicle -
Molotov Plan
system to rebuild countries aligned to U.S.S.R, known as a Soviet version of the Marshall plan -
Hollywood 10
Ten people who were contempt and blacklisted after refusing to answer question about communist relations -
Long Telegram
A review of how the Soviets saw the world from George N Kennen -
Truman Doctrine
American Foreign policy to counter U.S.S.R of Geopolitical expansion -
Marshall Plan
Plan to help rebuild Western countries post WWII -
Berlin Blockade
the multinational occupation of Germany, causing a blocking of Western Allied railroads -
NATO
intergovernmental alliance post WWII, now includes US -
Army-McCarthy hearings
McCarthy used the Red scare as a way to gain political power using scare tactics such as his list of 205 communists working in the state department -
Korean War
The war between a (Soviet and Chinese supported) North v.s a ( U.N supported) South of the nation Korea, this caused the nations to be divided, making North and South Korea their each separate nation -
Alger Hiss case
The Case Accusing Alger Hiss (a Government official) of being a Soviet Spy, after a second trial he was found guilty -
Rosenburg trial
The trial accusing two Citizens ( Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) of being Soviet spies, to provide the U.S.S.R with information on nuclear devices. They were found guilty and were executed -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Beginning of The French-Indochina war with the French v.s the Viet minh Comunist Revolutionaries -
Geneva Conference
A conference to settle several issues with the Indochinese area primarily about Vietnam -
Hungarian Revolution
A nation wide revolution against the U.S.S.R Policies on Hungary -
Iron Curtain
The Non-Existent Wall that borders Democratic countries and Communist countries -
U2 Incident
A U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet forces while taking photographs -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The failed attempt to have U.S aided Cubans try to revolt against Fidel Castros revolution -
Cuban Missile Crisis
After the U.S put Missiles in Turkey that were pointed at the U.S.S.R, the Soviets started to put some in Cuba pointed at the U.S -
Assassination of JFK
The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, done by a man called Lee Harvey Oswald -
Assassination of Diem
The Assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm ( the President of South Vietnam) led by Dương Văn Minh -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
A joint resolution from U.S Congress, it allowed the president to use Military force in Asia without a declaration of war, to "assist" -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The bombardment from the U.S to the Vietnamese during the Vietnam war -
Tet Offensive
The uprising of Tet Mau, many surprise attacks against Military and Civilian Centers -
Assassination of MLK
the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, done by James Earl Ray -
Assassination of RFK
The assassination of JFKs brother Robert Francis Kennedy, he was a presidential candidate, and was killed by Sirhan Sirhan -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
A Joint Invasion of Czechoslovakia by 5 Warsaw pact countries -
Riots of Democratic convention
During the Anti-war Protests a man lowered to U.S flag, so the Cops just got through and beat him, responding people to chant things from "hell no, we won't go" to "pigs are whores". -
Election of Nixon
Richard Nixon was elected he would go on to the point where he would resign from office as not to be impeached -
Kent State
A University that had an anti-war protest that ended up with an Ohio Army National Guard unit shooting them killing 4 and wounding 9 -
Nixon visits China
Nixon visited China to establish a new relationship -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Nixon ordered a Ceasefire on the Bombings in Vietnam after his NSA adviser brought a Draft peace proposal, the ground combat continued -
Fall of Saigon
The Capture of Saigon ( the South Vietnamese Capital) by the Vietcong -
Reagan elected
Reagan was elected, he would go on to use Star Wars to end the U.S.S.R -
SDI announced
The Anti Nuclear system that Reagan Proposed existed, commonly known as Star Wars -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The meeting in between Gorbachev and Reagan, they meet to talk about international relations and the arms race -
Berlin Wall
The Wall that divided the Western capitalist part of Berlin, And the Eastern Communist part of Berlin -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
Reagan went to Berlin and made a speech to tell Gorbachev to remove the Berlin wall -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The sudden destruction of the Berlin wall, and the mark of the end of the Cold War
