The Beginning of the Cold War
1945 meeting where Allied leaders decided postwar Europe
Yalta Conference
War between North and South Korea (1950-1953)
Korean War
U.S. policy to stop spread of communism (1947)
Truman Doctrine
USSR blocked access to West Berlin; U.S. responded with air supply
Berlin Airlift
What wall fell in 1989
Berlin Wall
1945 meeting where tensions between U.S. & USSR increased
Potsdam Conference
U.S got heavily involved in this Southeast Asian war
Vietnam War
Soviet alliance formed in 1955
Warsaw Pact
What wall was built in 1961 dividing a city
The Berlin Wall
Soviet Union officially ended war in this year
1991
Churchill described Europe as divided by this in 1946
Iron Curtain Speech
Soviet invasion lasting from 1979-1989
Soviet-Afghan War
Period of eased tensions in 1970s
Détente
13-day nuclear standoff in 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Collapse of this superpower ended the Cold War
Soviet Union
1947 economic aid plan to rebuild Europe
Marshall Plan
Failed revolt against Soviet control in 1956
Hungarian Uprising
Incident involving U.S. spy plane in 1960
U-2 Incident
First satellite launched by USSR
Sputnik
Eastern European countries breaking free from Soviet control
Revolutions of 1989
Military alliance formed in 1949 to oppose communism
NATO
Reform movement crushed by Soviet troops in 1968
Prague Spring
Economic recovery plan aimed at Europe
Marshall Plan
Event that symbolized Cold War tensions in space
Space Race
Long term conflict between U.S. and USSR
Cold War