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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. -
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. -
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. -
George F. Kennan sent a 5,500 word telegram to James Byrnes talking about a new strategy of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. -
George F. Kennan sent a 5,500 word telegram to James Byrnes talking about a new strategy of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
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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. -
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.
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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. -
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. -
The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. -
The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world.
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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 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
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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. -
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.
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This is where Stalin blocked off West Berlin and West Germany. He blocked all river land and air access. -
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 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. -
With all the troops and citizens backed up after the blockade, Nato decided to airlift a ton of supplies to replenish these people. -
This was the first time Russia detonated an atomic bomb known as the joe-1 bomb. -
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.
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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 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.
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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. -
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.
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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.” -
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.”
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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. -
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.
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Struggle between Viet Minh and French for control of small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border. -
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. -
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
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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. -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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. -
This event was the assassination of 35th president John F Kennedy. he was killed by Lee Oswald. -
This gave the president unlimited power to do anything he felt necessary in response to two unprovoked attacks on American ships. -
A Series of invasions into south-occupied territories to try and put the U.S in a predicament to scale back the war effort. -
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. -
This was the result of some of the protests against the Vietnam war that got violent. Four were killed nine others were wounded. -
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.
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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. -
When Reagan won a landslide victory against Jimmy Carter. -
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. -
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!" -
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.