Cold War

  • Russian Comunist Revolution

    Russian Comunist Revolution

    there was a civil war and the communist ended up winning and became the first communist country
  • Treaty of Versallies

    Treaty of Versallies

    Ended WWi and restored peace but also put many problems on Germany like heavy reperation, lost land etc.
  • League of Nations

    League of Nations

    An international organization to promote cooperation and peace.
  • Yalta Conferance

    Yalta Conferance

    A Conferance held in Yalta between Stallin, Roosevelt, and Churchhill to discuse the plans after WWii where they agreed on territorial division
  • United Nations

    United Nations

    Was created after WWii and was an organization formed by states around the woulrd to help sustain peace but not much was done because many ideas were vetoed by another state. And there were two parts to the U.N. the General Assembly and the Security Council
  • General Assembly

    General Assembly

    Was part of the united Nations and had many countries part of it and helped try to make decisions
  • MAD

    MAD

    This is when two countries if they were to attack each other using nuclear weapons both would end in destruction (Mutual Assured Destruction)
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    To punish the German leaders for what they had done durring WWii most were found guilty and were sentenced to death or imprisionment.
  • Iron Curtain Speech

    Iron Curtain Speech

    The Sinews of Peace wa what Churchhill named his speach and this was a post war speech about the Russians
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Is a program that the U.S. started and offered eurpean countries money to help out their economy but they had to spend the money on U.S. products. Comunist countried did not accecpt the money.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    This is a policy to contain comunism by helping any country threatened by it.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    This was a response to the Berlin Blockade and gave western Germany supplies needed for almost a year
  • NATO Created

    NATO Created

    NJATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization created to aviod war and help nations but it was also an aliance
  • Chinese Communist Revolution

    Chinese Communist Revolution

    Was a civil war between China when Communist raised up in chine and started to revolt.
  • Joseph McCarthy speech

    Joseph McCarthy speech

    When McCarthy spear false word of many comunist in our government and started the red scare in the U.S.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    A civil war between North and South Korea along the 38th parrallel. North korea was aided by fellow comunists and the south was aided by the U.S. and the U.N.
  • Nuclear Deterrent

    Nuclear Deterrent

    When a country does not use nuclear weapons because as a result if they did both countries would mutually destroyed
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    This is an alliance between comunist countries to "counter" NATO
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    The first sattalite lauched in space and was the Russians
  • Bay of Pig Invasion

    Bay of Pig Invasion

    A failed military invasion by the CIA and cuban exiles on Cuba
  • Building of the Berlin Wall

    Building of the Berlin Wall

    Was built by the Russians (east Berlin)to sperate Berlin and divide it in 2
  • Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba

    Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba

    Castro declaers cuba a communist country and their alliances with russia
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Khrushcev installed missiles in Cuba but The U.S. found out and blockaded cuba and a deal was struck between the countries.
  • Berlin wall "upgrade"

    Berlin wall "upgrade"

    The berlin wall waw replaced with concrete blocks and reniforced with steel
  • U.S. Sends troops to Vietnam

    U.S. Sends troops to Vietnam

    Johnson was give autority by congress to send more troops to vietnam
  • Baruch Plan

    Baruch Plan

    Was a plan to regulate atomic energy proposed by the U.S. government
  • Non-Proliferation Agreement

    Non-Proliferation Agreement

    this is an international treaty whos objective was to limit the production of nuclear weapons
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Was the first space flight that had humans land on the moon and this won the space race for the Americans
  • Kent State Shootings

    Kent State Shootings

    When 4 students were killed and 9 others were wounded while protesting the Cambodian Campaign or walking by the protest
  • SALT 1/2

    SALT 1/2

    The Stratigic Arms Limitaion Talks between the Russians and the U.S.
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    This was the end of the end of the Vietnam Warwhen it was taken over by communist and then the U.S. found out that the Domino theoray was wrong
  • Deng Xiaoping

    Deng Xiaoping

    Was the leader of the People's Republic of China and shared his power
  • Pope John Paul ii

    Pope John Paul ii

    helped in al causes of getting rid of communism and was the second longest pope in office
  • Margaret Thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher

    She was the leader of the conservative party and became the first woman Prime Minister in British history
  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan

    the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and tried to take over to "add to their collection " of territories but afghan was backed by the U.S. the Untited Kingdoms and more. and it ended when soviets withdrew their troops
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    East Germany allowed the gates to be open and people rushed through in joy and happiness
  • Lech Walesa

    Lech Walesa

    a polish polition and the soviets bloc first indipendent trade union
  • START1/2

    START1/2

    was the Stratigic Arms Reduction Treaty between the U.S and U.S.S.R.