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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 when the Russian ruler was removed for his terrible leadership and denying his people supplies and food. Vladimir Lenin played a big role in the revolution by sparking the fire that led to Russia revolting. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
When Germany sent troops into Czechoslovakia to take it over as a show of powe. -
The Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting between Russia, the US and Britain to discuss what should be done with Germany and the rest of Europe now that World War 2 is over. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During WW2. Japan refused to stand down and submit to unconditional surrender to America. After many threats and warnings, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Japan into surrender. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Indochina battle between the French and Viet Minh who was a commander that attacked in an attempt to remove the French from Indochina. -
The Molotov Plan
The idea in the Soviet Union contributed to the reproduction and rebuilding of the Eastern Europe countries that were under the power of the USSR. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was introduced by president Truman in 1947 saying that he wanted to help support Europe in its growth process and that he wanted to prevent any other war from starting by sending aid to any country who was being threatened by the communist ideals. -
The Berlin Airlift
After World War 2 had finished, Germany had been broken into four sections to be controlled by four different countries to help rebuild it. Although, the Soviet Union wanted Germany crushed, so the leader ordered that the city of Berlin be closed off and left the city to die, but America came to the rescue and for over a year sent planes in and out of Berlin with supplies to sustain the people. -
Alger Hiss Case
An official in the American government was accused of being a Soviet spy and the case was determining weather or not he was. -
The Marshall Plan
This was the plan that was set to accomplish aiding Europe in defense against communism through funding their countries and sending them military support -
The Berlin Blockade
After WW2 had ended, Britain and America were experiencing tension with the Soviet Union. The goal of Russia was not to help restore Germany, but rather to strip it bare. After the war, Germany was split into four different sections that were controlled by different countries and the Soviet Union took advantage of their small bit of control and attempted to destroy Germany by closing off the city of Berlin and preventing them from receiving any supplies and from anyone entering. -
NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was an alliance formed that was meant to be protection against the Soviet Union and prevent their communist ideals from attempting to take over. Still to this day, many countries have joined and it is the longest lasting peace treaty to last. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Union had been working on recreating the atomic bomb that America had been successful in producing. The Soviet Bomb Test was when they Soviet Union did a test run on their completed atomic bomb and scared the US along with its allies. -
The Rosenberg Trial
The Rosenberg's were accused of revealing nucleic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union and acting as spies. They were sentenced to death and killed before it was proven to be a correct accusation. -
Hollywood 10
There were several people who were movie stars in Hollywood that were accused of being communists, but refused to answer any questions regarding the matter and so they were banned from doing any further movies. -
The Korean War
When Korea was split into two separate governments. One siding with the Soviets and the other siding with America. Both sides went to war with one another in an attempt to accomplish a single government ideal. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Joseph McCarthy was running for Senator and during this time he fed countless lies to the public suggesting that many different individuals were either communist spies or sympathizers. -
Geneva Conference
There were a lot of conflict between nations due to the Indochina war and the Korean war. The Geneva Conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland and was set up to help resolve many of those differences. -
Warsaw Pact
When NATO was established, the Soviet Union decided to follow suit in the creation of an alliance. The communist began the Warsaw Pact between the Soviet and forced seven other European countries into the alliance. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian people under the Soviet's control of communism began a revolt against the government they no longer wanted on October 23, 1956 that lasted till November 10, 1956 and ended in success. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a division line between the communists and the rest of Europe. Joseph Stalin (the leader of communist Russia) called this his buffer zone. It was a group of the smaller countries surrounding his country that he took by force and used it as military protection to prevent invasion. -
U2 Incident
U2 aircrafts were made to fly above where the enemy could detect them and for long amounts of time. These planes were used to take well needed photographs of ground area that the Soviets had kept hidden. Although, on May 1, 11960, one of these planes were shot down by ground missiles launched by the USSR. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
When exiled Cubans planned an all out revolt against Cuba which was financed by the CIA. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a direct confrontation between America and the USSR where we came the closest to having a nuclear war with one another. -
Assassination of Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem was the president of South Vietnam. He was arrested and then assassinated. -
Assassination of JFK
November 22, 1963, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot by people who disliked his place in the government. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Gave President Johnson the power to do anything necessary to retaliate to return to peaceful terms with South Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
A series of bombing planes sent out as a show of power. -
Tet Offensive
These were surprise attacks from Vietcong on towns and cities of South Vietnam. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading face of the conflict against racism and discrimination. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 by people who apposed his goal of obtaining full equality for black people and others of different race. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert Kennedy was a U.S. Senator who was running for president but was shot directly after announcing bis success. -
Riots of Democratic convention
There were a lot of riots and conflict going on in the nations as people protested their governments. So, the nation's leaders held a democratic convention to help solve these conflicts. -
Election of Nixon
Richard Nixon was first the Vice President of the U.S. but won election for presidency on November 5, 1968. -
Kent State
The Ohio National Guard shot at a group of protesters who were opposing the Vietnam war. Students were killed in the conflict and caused even more problems. -
Nixon visits China
Richard Nixon, the U.S. President, decided to visit China in February of 1972. This was an important trip because he set off their to help build a better relationship with China. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
This was the official end to the Vietnam war when they finally came to a peaceful agreement. -
Fall of Saigon
Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam and after the Vietnam war, it was captured and "liberated" -
Reagan Elected
President Ronald Reagan was elected to be the new President of the United States of America on November 11, 1980 and turned out to be the president who helped take down the Soviet Union. -
SDI Announced
Also known as "Star Wars" the SDI was the Strategic Defense Initiative. This was the verbalized plan to create space weapons that could shoot down coming missiles. Reagan produced this idea as a bluff that scared the Soviet Union into spending the money on the research as well. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
A meeting between President Reagan and the Soviet Union to discuss diplomatic relations. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
Reagan gave the speech in Eastern Europe that encouraged people to tear down the Berlin wall for good. -
Berlin Wall
When the Cold war ended, the communist leader in Eastern Europe gave the okay for the people of Berlin to cross the wall. Many people did immediately to see family and the wall was taken down forcefully in joy by people from both sides of the wall. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was torn down for good. Tons of people went with hammers and just went at it to remove the last symbol of the Soviet Union.
