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Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss , was a government official and was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948, it showed how para nowed of communism -
Russian revolution
The Russian people were tired of being poor and hungry. They revolted and overthrew the government. This turned Russia into a communist country which is the opposite of everything the United States believes in. -
Soviet bomb test
The Soviet Union started testing nuclear bombs, this made the United States worry -
Potsdam Conference
it was a meeting with the united states, Great Britain, USSR after WW11 to discuss the war against Germany. they decided to split Germany into four sections and that lead to conflict between Russia and united states -
Atomic bomb
America dropped two bombs on Japan. it drastically changes the face of war fiar Russia stared woking harder on myaking a bomb -
Truman Doctrine
it was presented Truman's idea to stop communism. it was trying to stop russin expansion in the cold war -
Marshall plan
In an effort to stop the spread of communism, American agreed to give aid to Western Europe if they asked for assistance. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II. the term symbolizes Russia's attitude to sperate from non-communist countries. it created more conflict between the united states russia -
Molotov Plan
the plan to give Finacial aid to eastern Europe after the war. this help the country rebuild and hopefully stay away from communism
this shows that this country could fall into a communism -
Berlin Blockade
Russa shuts off all access from East Berlin. this was a gresive move from russa -
Berlin Airlift
the united states flew in and dropped off supplies to the blocked off area of Berlin Germany so the people would not starve the U.S. decided to do that then go to war with russia -
NATO
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Korean War
It was a war between North and South Korean. they had issuse because of the cold war between Soviet and the united states -
Rosenburg trial
the Rosenburg was the first American citizens to where executed for being spies for the Soviet union -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Joseph McCarthy was accused of spying for the Soviet. he also dominated the U.S. politic climate in the early 1950 -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
was a war between the French union's french war east. -
Geneva Conference
conference among several nations, intended to settle outside issues from the kreanen war -
Warsaw Pact
poland among the soviet union and the seven Soviet settle states of the central and eastern Europe signed a treaty in warsaw -
Hollywood ten
is a short documentary film by ten men and they all have a short speach -
U2 Incident
soviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev told the Soviet supreme court that the American spy plane was shot down. he said it was an aggeressive act -
Bay of Pigs invasion
the failed military invasion of Cuba. overtaken by the central intelagents -
Cuban Missile crisis
The united states and the soviet union had a 13-day confortation -
Assassination of JFK
American politician who served the 35 presidents of the united states, he was assassanted in november 1963 -
Assassination of Diem
Diem was arrested and assassinated. the president of South Vietnam said successful CIA-backed coup -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
congress passed the Gulf Resolution, and presnednt johnson took any measuers nessary to promot maintenance of international peace -
Operation Rolling Thunder
march 2, 1965 -
Assassination of MLK
april 4, 1968 -
Assassination of RFK
june 5,1968 -
Election of Nixon
november 5, 1968 -
Tet Offensive
January 30, 1968 -
Berlin Wall
november 9, 1981
