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Yalta Conference
Soviet Union, United States, Great Britian, and France divide Berlin and Germany into four zones. This decision was made by British prime minister Winstion Churchhill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin. -
Iron Curtain
The nickname givin to the boundry line seperated by the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries. The Iron Curtain was a physical and ideological division that showed the way Europe was divided during World War II. -
The Marshall Plan
The offical European Recovery Program, was an American initative to help Westren European. The plan was to help rebuild the European economy after the war ends, which the United States did so by giving them $13 billion. -
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade to starve the sector of Berlin, the United States sent food, water, and medicine in airlifts. For nearly a year American planes supplied the 2 million people in West Berlin. -
North Atlantic Tresty Organization (NATO)
Formed by the United States and 11 Westren European countries to defend against Soviet aggression. -
Warsaw Pact
Formed by the Soviet Union and Communist countries in eastren Europe as a military defense against NATO. -
Vietnam War
Fought between North Vietnam who was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies and South Vietnam who was supported by the United States, Philippines and other anti communist allies. The United States feared if North Vietnam won the other countries in South Asia would have to fall into communism. -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was a satelite launched by the Soviet Union. The launch of Sputnik 1 and the faliure of its first two Project Vanguard attempts scared the American public. President Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to it as the "Sputnik crisis". -
U-2 Incident
United States Plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. The United States was forced to admit the planes purpose and mission to recive the surviving piolet. The planes role was a covert surveillance aircraft. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was the closest the world has ever been to a nuclear war. The Soviet commanders in Cuba were prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend to island. -
Hotline
The United States and the Soviet Union agree to install a hotline, which is a communication link that would allow both countries to communicate during a crisis. -
Nixon Visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon becomes first U.S. leader to visit communist China. This lead to a thaw in reactions to Cold War relations. -
Berlin Wall Falls
Communist bloc was weakening, but East Germany insisted they just needed change. Exodus points were opened to East Germans who wanted to flee to West. That lead to the fall of the wall. -
Cold War Ends
The Strategic Arms Reduction Talk (START) was signed by President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachevi. The Soviet Union breaks up into independent republics and the war ends.
