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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a revolution in Russia that dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union -
Soviet Bomb Test
In 1940 through 1949, The Soviet Union tested there first Nuclear weapon that was approved by Joseph Stalin to develop such mass weapons during ww2 -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a name for a boundary that stretched over Europe dividing it into two separate areas. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a conference between the 3 heads of Government that discussed about what would happen after Germany's surrender. -
Atomic Bomb
During the end of WWII, America dropped a nuclear weapon of Japans two cities Hiroshima, and Nagasaki that led to Japans surrender. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was a system created by the Soviet Union to provide aid to Eastern European countries that were aligned with the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a Policy to help keep the Soviet Union contained from sending over threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a American plan to help aid Western Europe by giving them a large sum of money to help rebuild there country. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first international crisis that had America on alert. The Soviet Union blocked Western Allies from getting into Germany by blocking off roads and railroads. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was a plan to help bring supplies to Germany where the Soviet Union blocked off supply lines and get off communications for Germany. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a military alliance between 29 American and European countries. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was a American government official that was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948. -
Hollywood Ten
Hollywood ten was a group of Americans who had to give a speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. -
Korean War
The Korean war was a war between South Korea and North Korea after North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Rosenburg Trial
The Rosenburg's were the first American civilians to be executed for being Soviet spy's that stole Admin bomb. -
Army-Mccarthy Hearings
conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator. -
Battle of Dien Bien phu
Confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East. -
Geneva Conference
Settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. -
Hungarian Revolution
Nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government. -
Warsaw Pact
Poland among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe -
U-2 Incident
An American who was shot down over the Soviet Union while flying a CIA spy plane. -
Bay of pigs invasion
Cuban exiles launched what had became an botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey. -
Assassination of Diem
President of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem was killed. -
Assassination of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was assassinated on November 11 during a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
To promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division. -
Election of Nixon
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election. former Vice president Richard Nixon won the election defeating Hubert Humphrey. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive was a series of surprise attacks by Vietcong and North Vietnam on cities and towns through out South Vietnam. -
Assassination of MLK
April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. After being rushed to the hospital he was pronounced dead at the hospital. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles, After he won California presidential primary. -
Invasion of Czechosovakia
We wanted to reform in Czechoslovakia and turn it into a good place. -
Riots of democratic convention
Tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets to rally against the Vietnam War. The protest was held during the year of violence following MLK death. -
Kent State
Unarmed students going against the United States in the Vietnam War were fired on by the National Guard. -
Nixon Visits China
We wanted to gain more leverage with the Soviet Union and to get out of the war. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. North Vietnamese soldiers took over Saigon with little resistance. -
Reagan Elected
Ronald Reagan being the 40th President and only movie actor to become a President, He would be the one to help end communism between the Soviet Union and America. -
SDI Announced
(SDI) or Strategic Defense Initiative, was a defense system created to stop potential Soviet nuclear attacks towards America. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The conference between Reagan and Gorbachev was to discuss their differences between each nation. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
A speech made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin, directly speaking to Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall if he wish to seek reform for his country. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
After Reagan's speech towards Gorbachev, the fall of the berlin wall began.
