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HUAC
The Hose UnAmrican Activities commitie investedgated people largely for communist sympathise and tried to expose them it was very controvertial. -
Yalta Conference
Metting of the Leaders of the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain during the end of WWII to make aggrements on how they would end the war and what they would require. -
George Kennan’s “Long Telegram”
George Kennan sends a 8,000 word telegram containing his views on the soviet union as a diplomat at the American Embassy and explains that the Soviot Union wants to weaken western powers -
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill makes a Speech Praising the U.S. as a pinnacle of world pwoer and condemns the expansionist actions of the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
Political Standpoint first taken by President Truman that the U.S. would support all democratic nations that were threatened by external or internal authoriatarion forces that useally ended up being communist. -
Marshall Plan
An American aid program for Western Europe where the U.S. gave 13 billion dollars to try and rebuild europe's economy. -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin was Blocaded by the Soviet Unon to try and limit the US Britain and france from reaching their parts of berlin. In response the allies airliften thousands of pounds of much needed suplies into western berlin for almost a year until the blocade was stopped and west and east germany were created. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin was Blocaded by the Soviet Unon to try and limit the US Britain and france from reaching their parts of berlin. In response the allies airliften thousands of pounds of much needed suplies into western berlin for almost a year until the blocade was stopped and west and east germany were created. -
NATO established
An Allince between 12 initial countries in response to soviet aggression is made and remains to this day with many additional members. -
Communist takeover in China
After years of civil war Mao takes control of China and makes China a communist country. -
NSC-68
Top secret policy paper by the Unted States National Security Council giving a bllueprint of the militarization of the US development of a hydrogen bomb and containment of communism. -
Korean War
75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. Eentually an armistice was signed the country is still divided. -
Second Red Scare “McCarythism”
One perticular senator on HUAC was vicious and ended up trying many people who had nothing to do with communist espionage and vreating fear in the US -
Election of Eisenhower
Eisenhower the former Supreme commander of allied forces and planner of the D day invasion is elected president as part of the Republican party ending a string of Democratic wins. -
French defeat at Dien Bien Phu
the French in southern Vietnam are besieged by COmmunist forces and are eventually driven out entirely. -
Warsaw Pact
This was the treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union. It is sometimes referred to as the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance". Soviets used the pact to manipulate and take advantage. -
Suez Crisis
Isreal Great Britain and France all invaded Eygypt in hopes of reclaiming the Suiez Canal and overthrowing the leasder of egypt but they were forced to withdraw by the UN US and Soviet Union and they were embarassed. -
Hungarian uprising
The First Revolution against the soviet Unon the Hungarian uprisingwas quickly crushed but it did pose a very real threat. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Political Prmise that any middle easter country fighting off communism would recieve help from the US -
Sputnik
The launch of the First orbiting satelite by the USSR was cause fro panic in NATO who thought that Sputnik might have weapons and that there could be very soon weapons in space. This was the start of the space race. -
Rise of Fidel Castro in Cuba
After a Military Coup Fildel Castro Took over Cuba and put it into a Communist state with a continuing "revolution". -
Kitchen Debate
ries of impromptu exchanges Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had a debabte that was taped and played in both contries. -
U-2 Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but later, was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its intact remains and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers, as well as photos of military bases in Russia taken by Powers. -
Election of Kennedy
John F kennedy is elected predident of the UnitedStates -
Berlin Wall constructed
Problems in s berlin lead to the Creation of a wall between east and west berlin -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Crisis
Problems in s berlin lead to the Creation of a wall between east and west berlin -
SALT
First time that an agreement was reached between US and USSR to reduce Nuclear stockpiles. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In intense standoff between the US and USSR occurs over the new USSR nukes in Cuba very close to the UNited states but after a tense two weeks the misile are removed. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passesthe Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
Largest offensive in the Vietnam War that cost many lives and further lowered Americans support for the war. -
My Lai Massacre
Massacre by American soldiers of about 500 Vietmanise troops. -
Prague Spring
Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. This started when a reformist was elected the First Secretary of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and when the Soviet Union and members of the Warsaw Pact invaded the country to halt the reforms. -
Election of Nixon
Former Vice president Richard NIxon is elected President. -
Vietnamization/Nixon Doctrine
Nixon announces that henceforth the United States will expect its Asian allies to tend to their own military defense. -
Detente
a Period of negtionations and talks between the USSR and US where the two countries saw that it would be beneficial to try and reduce nuclear stockpiles and resume good trade. -
Helsinki Accords/meeting
An attempt by many countries to improve relations through a non binding agreement. -
Election of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan is elected president. -
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
Then SDI or Star Wars as it was sometimes called was an american program to create ground based and orbital systems to stop and nukes that might be launched at the US. -
Gorbachev comes to power in Russia (glasnost and perestroika)
When Gorbochov is Elected he takes the USSR in a bold new direction basically winding down communism and leading to the dissilusion of the USSR. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
East Berlin’s Communist Party announces a change in the city’s relations with the West. People would now be allowed to cross the boarders and many did soon the wall was being broken down almost a year later Germany would be unified again. THis was the true end to the Cold War.
