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Russian Revolution
It was a revolution caused by the scarcity of food during the end of WW1, and it transformed the Russian empire. It led to the rise of the Soviet Union. -
Iron Curtain
Boundary dividing Europe into two. It separated the Soviet Union from the West. -
Potsdam Conference
It was a conference that involved United States, Soviet Union, and Britain to discuss the fate of Germany post war. It was held in Potsdam just outside of Berlin. -
Atomic Bomb- Hiroshima/Nagasaki
During WWII the United States used two nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Harry S. Truman ordered the bomb after Japan warned of horrific American casualties if they were invaded. -
Truman Doctrine
It was a foreign policy created by the America to counter the Soviet Union's geopolitical expansion. It stated that the United States would provide military and economical assistance to democratic nations under threat. -
Marshall Plan
Plan made by Americans to give aid to Western Europe. They gave $13 billion in economic assistance. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies road, railways, and canal access to sectors in Berlin. It was the first major international crisis of the Cold War. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization that serves as a military alliance to several North American and European countries. -
Soviet Bomb Test
It was the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. It surprised the U.S. -
Hollywood 10
Ten Hollywood film industry members who publicly refused to answer questions about their communist affiliations .They each made speeches denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting, getting them sent to prison. -
Korean War
War between North Korea and South Korea, when North Korea invaded the South. They clashed along the borders since North was communist and South was not. -
Khruschev Takes over
The Soviet government announced Khrushchev to the new office of Secretariat of the Communist Party. This was the most crucial step that led to his rise in power. -
Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation Policy
Military doctrine and nuclear strategy that allows a state to commit itself to retaliation when under attack. It was adopted by President Eisenhower to counter the growing Soviet Union threat. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
A series of hearing held by the United States senate's subcommittee to investigate accusations of senator Joseph McCarthy. He spent 5 years trying to expose communists. -
Warsaw Pact
It was a collective defensive treaty signed in Warsaw,Poland by the Soviet Union. It was an alliance between communist nations in Eastern Europe. -
The Vietnam War
It was a war with the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The United States was the South's principle ally. -
Hungarian Revolution
It was a nationwide revolt against the communist government. It ended when Hungary withdrew from the Warsaw pact. -
U2 Incident
During the Cold War when a United State's plane was shot down while in Soviet Union airspace. It concluded in a meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba. 1400 Cuban exiles launched a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union about the installation of nuclear armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. They tried to reach a compromise to avoid nuclear war. -
Detente under Nixon
A period in the Cold War where United states and the Soviet union's tensions were at ease. It was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union. -
The Reagan Doctrine
It was a strategy made by the United States under the Reagan Administration to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union. The main goal was to diminish Soviet Union's influence and end the Cold War. -
Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech
President Ronald Reagan delivers a speech to the people of West Berlin to tear down the Berlin wall. It was a memorable speech where he mentioned how the wall was a symbol of the dark times during the Cold War. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The East Berlin's communist party announced a change with the West. At Midnight they declared that the citizens of East Germany were now free to cross. -
Berlin Wall
A guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin from 19961 to 1989. It prevented thousands of East Germans from entering.
