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Yalta Confrence
This was important because it was when they were thinking of what to happen to the country's there Germany ruled over -
Potsdam Confrence
This was important because they were discussing the European country's and there governments. -
Arms Race
It was the competition between U.S and Soviets plus their allies, They were making nuclear weapons and this was important because many people would die because of nuclear warfare, -
Truman Doctrine
It was important because the cold war could've turned into a hot war right away because the allies wanted democracy and soviets wanted communism. -
Marshall Plan
It was important because it was to help rebuild economy s after the world war two. -
Berlin Blockade
this was important because Joseph Stalin wanted the allies to give him all of Berlin buy put the lives of the people at stake -
Formation of NATO
This was important because the U.S made alliance with England, France and other democratic country's -
Berlin Airlift
It made the blockade a failure and amped up tensions in the cold war -
Red Scare
The U.S made the people fear the idea of communism and they were scared that someone in the government system who was a communist. -
Soviets test Atomic Bomb
This was important because the U.S wasn't the only one with the Bombs. -
Korean War
The north tried to make the south a communist country so the U.S intervened and when they did the Soviets did to. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
This was important because Stalin was the biggest dictator after Hitler and his death was unexpected. -
Nikita Khrushchev comes to powers
It was important because the U.S underestimated him and he came into power. -
Warsaw Pact
This was important because the Soviets responded with their own pact and alliance. -
Dived World
When The Alliances was made this split the world in half the communist and the democratic parties. -
Vietnam War
This was important in the cold war because the U.S lost the war it impacted heavily in the cold war. -
Suez Crisis
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis. The Israelis soon were joined by French and British forces, which nearly brought the Soviet Union into the conflict, and damaged their relationships with the United States. -
Fidel Castro comes to Power
Castro publicly declared himself a Marxist-Leninist in late 1961. By that time, Cuba was becoming increasingly dependent on the Soviet Union for economic and military support. -
U-2 Incident
This was important because the soviets shot down an american pilot and put him in prison for 10 years. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was important because the U.S tried to tried to invaded them but the invasion didn't work because they were outnumbered. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
JFK Assassination
This was important because he was one of the people who were trying to get the cold war to be over -
Apollo Wins Space Race
This was important because the U.S won the space race -
Space Race
This was important because they were trying to see who could get to the moon and the winning side would have a higher advantage to show they were more advanced and boost morale for their army. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The soviets help invade the democratic side of Afghanistan and then the U.S joined the 3rd world war almost happened -
INF Treaty
This made The U.S and Russia destroy some of there nuclear weapons and save many lives -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was an important symbol of human right suppression and they fall of it was a relief to many. -
German re-unification
This was important because that mean that German was once a whole again. -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
This was important because he is credited with loosening the tight grip of communism on the Soviet people. -
U.S.S.R Breakup
This meant that the U.S won the cold war because there were more democratic country's
