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Iron Curtain Speech
On march 5, 1946, Sir Winston Churchill delivered a speech at Westminster College about Europe being controlled by the soviet union. This speech was important because eastern and western Europe was being cut off by the soviet union. The Iron Curtain Refers to the separation of eastern and western Europe. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was the start of the cold war the soviet union blocked western allies railways, roads, and canals. The main cause of the Berlin Blockade was the Cold War, which was just getting started. This act closed off most of Berlins food sources and made it very hard for food to enter Berlin. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was the military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
Paris Summit Conference
On May 17th 1960 the leaders of the Soviet Union, USA, Great Britain and France met in Paris to discuss the situation in Berlin. The conference brought the leaders of member nations together at the same time. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The soviet union sent missiles to Cuba to defend against the United States. -
Hotline set up
The “hotline” was designed to facilitate communication between the president and Soviet premier. The establishment of the hotline to the Kremlin came in the wake of the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. -
SALT 1
SALT 1 was the compromise between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of deployment sites of missiles. The Soviets and America agreed to this proposal and stopped testing as much missiles. -
U.S. Withdraws From Vietnam
U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973 as a result of the Case Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress. the U.S. sent all troops home and focused on more important issues. -
USSR Invades Afghanistan
Carter reacts to Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. In a very strong reaction to the December 1979 Soviet military intervention into Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter requests that the Senate postpone action on the SALT-II nuclear weapons treaty and recalls the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. -
Moscow Olympics
The Soviet invasion spurred Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on 20 January 1980, that the US would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. 65 countries and regions invited did not take part in the 1980 Olympics.
