WWC

By Arbon
  • The Iron Curtain Speech

    The Iron Curtain Speech

    Speech given by Churchill to warn of the soviet unions power expansion and praised the unite states
  • The Truman Docterine

    The Truman Docterine

    President Truman's pledge to stop communism from spreading to other countries
  • Hollywood Ten

    Hollywood Ten

    Senator McCarthy targeted movie actors and directors who were suspected of communism
  • The Molotov Plan

    The Molotov Plan

    Plan created by the Soviet Union to rebuild countries under it's control
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan

    American Initiative to give aid to Europe
  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift

    The Soviet Union had cut off all supplies to East Berlin so the U.S. and it's allies flew supplies in by plane
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    The Berlin Blockade

    The Soviet Union blocked the allies access to western berlin
  • NATO

    NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Soviet Atomic Bomb Test of 1949

    Soviet Atomic Bomb Test of 1949

    First successful attempt by the Soviet Union to test atomic bombs
  • The Korean war

    The Korean war

    North Korea invaded South Korea, America supported the south. China and The Soviet Union supported the north
  • Alger Hiss

    Alger Hiss

    Alger Hiss was an american Government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy, he was tried and convicted
  • Rosenburg Case

    Rosenburg Case

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were Spies for the Soviet Union, they gave the secrets of the atomic bomb and were executed
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    Geneva Conference

    World leaders discussed the settlement of Korean territories
  • Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    Turning point battle in the first Indochina war
  • Army-McCarthy Hearings

    Army-McCarthy Hearings

    Senator McCarthy began investigating the army for communism. The Army charged him for using improper influence to get preferential treatment. his political career soon ended
  • The Warsaw Pact

    The Warsaw Pact

    Pact between The soviet union and 7 other countries to establish balance of power
  • The Invasion of Hungary

    The Invasion of Hungary

    Hungarian uprising against the oppression of the Soviet Union
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    The Berlin Wall

    Wall built by East Germany to separate themselves from West Germany
  • Assassination of Diem

    Assassination of Diem

    Murder of the president of Vietnam
  • Assassination of JFK

    Assassination of JFK

    Shooting of American President
  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    Permission from congress for President Johnson to take any measures necessary to keep the peace in Southeast Asia
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Constant Bombing by America over Vietnam
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    Massive military campaign launched by the VietKong Against the South Vietnamese
  • Assassination of MLK

    Assassination of MLK

    Murder of African American civil rights leader
  • Assassination of RFK

    Assassination of RFK

    Murder of NewYork senator
  • The Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    The Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Invasion of Czechoslovakia by The Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary
    and Poland
  • Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago

    Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago

    thousands of Vietnam War protesters Fought law enforcement in the streets as the Democratic party fell apart
  • Election of Richard Nixon

    Election of Richard Nixon

  • Kent State Shooting

    Kent State Shooting

    Shooting of college students near the Ohio national guard
  • Vietnamese Ceasefire

    Vietnamese Ceasefire

  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    The capital of south Vietnam is taken by the People's Army of Vietnam