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Potsdam conference
conference at the end of the war in Europe between Russia, USA, Uk. This is the discussion of post-war issues within Germany and other territory. -
Atomic bombs-Hiroshima
This bomb was the first of its kind. It was designed during the manhattan project. A secret project to advance in science during world war 2. -
Nagasaki bomb
After the first bomb in Hiroshima, the U.S had thought the Japanese would surrender. They had not expected the U.S would have another bomb and If they did they thought they wouldn't use another one. Which they were sorely mistaken. -
Long telegram
George F. Kennan sent a 5,500 word telegram to James Byrnes talking about a new strategy of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. -
Long Telegram
George F. Kennan sent a 5,500 word telegram to James Byrnes talking about a new strategy of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. -
Iron Curtain Speech
The Iron curtain speech was delivered by former British Prime minister Winston Churchill. This speech stressed the necessity for Britain and the United States to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet Communism. -
Iron Curtain Speech
The Iron curtain speech was delivered by former British Prime minister Winston Churchill. This speech stressed the necessity for Britain and the United States to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet Communism. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned with the Soviet Union. -
Molotov plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned with the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 were 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations -
The Hollywood ten
The Hollywood 10 were 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. -
Berlin blockade
This is where Stalin blocked off West Berlin and West Germany. He blocked all river land and air access. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
This was a conflict led by the Chinese communist party and Mao Zedong. The communists later gained control of mainland China and established the People's Republic of China, forcing the leadership of the republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan. -
Nato
Nato was created for the countries who were afraid of the communist soviet union and to help the countries already in conflict with the soviet union. -
Berlin Airlift
With all the troops and citizens backed up after the blockade, Nato decided to airlift a ton of supplies to replenish these people. -
first Soviet Union nuclear bomb test
This was the first time Russia detonated an atomic bomb known as the joe-1 bomb. -
Chinese communist revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution known in mainland China as the War of Liberation was the conflict led by the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Zedong that resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was accused of passing secret military information to the Soviet Union and he was sentenced to five years in prison. The Rosenberg's were accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets and were both convicted and executed. -
Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss was accused of passing secret military information to the Soviet Union and he was sentenced to five years in prison. The Rosenberg's were accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets and were both convicted and executed. -
rosenberg trail
The Rosenberg's were caught giving secret information to the U.S.S.R. about the atomic bomb the U.S. was creating in the Manhattan Project. -
Rosenberg Case
The Rosenbergs were caught giving secret information to the U.S.S.R. about the atomic bomb the U.S. was created in the Manhattan Project. -
Korean war and armistice
After 3 long years of war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the fighting of the Korean War to an end. The armistice ended America's first experiment with the Cold War concept of “limited war.” -
Korean War and Armistice
After 3 long years of war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the fighting of the Korean War to an end. The armistice ended America's first experiment with the Cold War concept of “limited war.” -
McCarthy Hearing's
The Army-McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the U.S. senate to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. He is known for alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. -
Army-McCarthy
The Army-McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the U.S. senate to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. He is known for alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Struggle between Viet Minh and French for control of small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border. -
Warsaw pact
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government of Hungary and its Soviet imposed policies lasting from October 23 until November 10, 1956. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies lasting from October 23 until November 10, 1956. -
U2 Incident
the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States the Soviet Union the United Kingdom and France -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA financed and trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin which was controlled by the major Western Allies -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense 13 day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba just 90 miles from U.S. shores. -
JFK assassination
This event was the assassination of 35th president John F Kennedy. he was killed by Lee Oswald. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
This gave the president unlimited power to do anything he felt necessary in response to two unprovoked attacks on American ships. -
Tet Offensive
A Series of invasions into south-occupied territories to try and put the U.S in a predicament to scale back the war effort. -
1968 riots at democratic convention
The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention is to officially nominate a candidate for president and vice president, adopt a comprehensive party platform and unify the party. -
Kent state shooting
This was the result of some of the protests against the Vietnam war that got violent. Four were killed nine others were wounded. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
The U.S. agreed to withdraw its remaining military personnel from South Vietnam within 60 days. North Vietnam agreed to a ceasefire and to return all American prisoners of war. North Vietnam was permitted to leave 150,000 soldiers and to retain the territory it controlled in South Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam, and South Vietnam and its principal ally the US. The phrase "the fall of Saigon" refers to the capture of Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, on 30 April 1975 by communist forces of the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong. -
Reagan election
When Reagan won a landslide victory against Jimmy Carter. -
SDI Announcements
On March 23, 1983 in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to embark upon groundbreaking research into a national defense system that could make nuclear weapons obsolete. -
Tear down this wall Speech
Reagan called for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open the Berlin Wall, which had separated West and East Berlin since 1961. The name is derived from a key line in the middle of the speech: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" -
Fall or Berlin Wall
the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.