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Russian Empire
Empire that was led by a king, and tepted to take over as much land as possible. This king was a tyrant and starved his people -
Russian Revolution
Set the stage of the uprise of the Soviet Union. -
Russian Civil War
Fight between 2 sides from the same country. Fight between the Reds and Whites. Reds wanted Communism and Dictators they also far out numbered the whites. Whites wanted Freedom and Capitalism. -
Stalin as Leader
Leader of the Soviet Union (USSR). He was not liked as leader. He caused many deaths within the people of communist parties. -
World War Two
War between Axis and Allies. Stalin was suprised by Hitler and Hitler trying to make his way into the Soviet Union -
World War Two Ends
Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain vs Japan, Germany and Italy. They SUrrendered to finally end the war- Germany Surrendered -
Iron Curtain
The way Europe is split into two -
Red Scare
The fear of Communism spreading was taking place during this time. The U.S feared that COmmunism was spreading to fast and would take over. The U.S went to help fight to stop the spread. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union went into Cuba and pointed Missiles at the US. The US pointed Missiles at Cuba first from Turkey. To stop this they had agreed and put a "Quaritine". They surrounded Cuba with boats and tried to make them not like there leader. They had agreed on both sides to end this. This is the most intense moment in US history. -
Vietnam War
This war is fought between the US and Vietnam. The US was not prepared for this fight in the jungle. France took over Vietnam and wanted to make a domino effect of making a bunch of communist countries around there. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Fall of the Soviet Union was because of the miltary spending to much and the people wanting freedom.