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Russian Communist Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union
The rise of the Soviets allowed for there to be dramatic Leaders such as Joseph Stalin, which led to communism, leading to the Cold War -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty ended World War 1, however it put harsh punishments on the Germans eventually leading to World War 2.
World War 2 caused 2 superpowers to arise (U.S. and Soviet Union) which led to the Cold War. -
MAD
1940-1991
Mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy
A full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
Nuremberg Trials
Nov 20, 1945-October 1, 1946
The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war after World War II
The nations in the east, such as the United States, Spain, East Germany, etc. came together to create war laws.
Laws restricting atomic warfare was crucial in the cold war because if they were not placed, then the Soviet Union would have been able to use atomic bombs, which is extremely in-humane -
Yalta Conference
The "Big Three", Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met to make decisions on what the world would look like after WW 2. Issues on what to do with Germany because the Soviets wanted to punish them, while the other knew it would be WW 2 all over again. Germany is divided and tensions begin to build. -
General Assembly
Policy making organ of the United Nations. Representatives from a multitude of countries would talk and try to keep or make peace. Important in relieving tensions between countries during the Cold War. -
United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations
The United Nations quickly became a Cold War battleground between communist and non-communist countries. Since both the United States and Soviet Union held vetoes, the Security Council could not act without their joint permission. -
Baruch Plan
The Baruch Plan was a proposal by the United States government, written largely by Bernard Baruch but based on the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission during its first meeting in June 1946
The Control of atomic energy -
Iron Curtain Speech
minister Winston Churchill in a speech on March 5, 1946, said to the communist states, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”
This was the division of East and West Germany -
Truman Doctrine
Goal was to contain and confront communism wherever they tried to spread -
Marshall Plan
Plan proposed by the U.S. to help an economically unstable Europe rebuild infrastructure and form a capitalist economy.
Strongly opposed by the Soviet Union causing a greater divide of Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
Soviets blocked all of Berlin from roads and railways and cut electricity in an attempt to force the West out of Berlin. The U.S. and the West flew in supplies to Berlin consisting of clothes, food, fuel, medicine). Massive fail for Stalin and increased tensions. Blockade removed in 1949 -
Chinese Communist Revolution
It was a revolution in China that was led by the communist party of China and Mao Zedong which resulted in the proclamation of the people's republic in China.
Mao Zedong declared the creation of the people's republic of china, causing civil war amongst the Chinese communist party and the nationalist party of, Kuomintang. -
NATO Created
The NATO was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization which was an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
This alliance granted military peace between these 29 countries, this also caused assistance between the two, essentially creating a team of countries to fight the communists. -
Nuclear Deterrent
Deterrence theory holds that nuclear weapons are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons, through the promise of retaliation and possibly mutually assured destruction -
Joseph McCarthy speech
During his speech he claimed that he had a list of members of the communist party and members of the spy ring who were employed in the state department.
He created McCarthyism, which was very anti communist, and he believed that he had a list of the communist spies and such, and he wanted to point them out. -
Korean War
Lasted 3 Years
Ended in 1953
War between North Korea (supported by China and Soviet Union) and South Korea ( supported by United Nations and majorly the US)
Important to Cold War because both sides of the Cold war were involved -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance system formed to combat NATO and was the Soviets side of things.
Officially set sides -
Sputnik Launch
The Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I
This created a space race between the Soviets and the Americans because they wanted to be better than each other, and whoever was in space had the capability to spy on the other nation -
Fidel Castro Proclaims Communists Cuba
Cuba was led by President Fidel Castro, who was Chief of State, Head of Government, Prime Minister, First Secretary, and Commander in Chief of the Cuban armed forces
Castro claimed communist, therefore they were a part of the soviets -
Berlin Wall
1961-1989
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin
No only physically divided Germany, but overall lives on either sides, were completely different. Just a wall separated the entire lifestyles of the two types of people. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Botched invasion. The CIA trained Cuban exiles and had them attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Makes the U.S. military look weak. Important because Cuba was supportive of the Soviets. -
Building of Berlin Wall begins
Soviet controlled East Germany began building a wall separating themselves from West Germany controlled by Western powers.
Important because it caused conflicts over control of Berlin and Germany between the West and the Soviets -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States discovered Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba, it was a 13 day confrontation.
At this point the United States now knew that the Soviets had been advancing militia warfare very rapidly, this made going to war with the Soviets extremely dangerous, causing the United States to try to avoid war and all costs.
The United States also claimed Cuba to be their own land and felt threatened that the Soviets had missiles on their land. -
U.S. sends troops to Vietnam
3,500 Marines deployed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident
Important to cold war because it was a proxy war -
Non Proliferation Agreement
An international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy
Without the use of atomic weapons, the world generally was a much safer place and promised the US that the Soviets would not be bombing them -
Salt 1&2
1969-1979
SALT I, as it is commonly known, was the first of the Strategic Arms Limitation talks between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. -
Apollo 11
During the time of the cold war, the Soviet Union and the United states were constantly in competition with each other
When the soviets launched their space mission “Sputnik”, the first satellite, and successfully sent a man into space, America rushed to develop the technology that the Soviets already had, prompting the creation of the Apollo program -
Kent state shootings
Students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus
The Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong
This marked the end of the Vietnam War -
Deng Xiaoping
1978-1989
a Chinese politician who was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China
Deng led China through far-reaching market-economy reforms -
Pope John Paul II
1978-2005
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign
Called after Pope John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI died -
Margaret Thatcher
1979-1990
British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Conservative Party -
Soviets Invade Afganistan
1979-1989
Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller Maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government, mostly in the rural countryside.
The soviets was in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War. -
Lech Walesa
Polish President from 1990-1995
Polish retired politician and labor activist. He co-founded and headed Solidarity, the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was destroyed, reuniting Germany and leading to an end to the Cold War -
Start 1&2
START was a bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms
