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Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill was a British Prime Minister. He made a speech which is known as the Iron Curtain speech which declared the start of the Cold War. -
The Truman Doctrine
President Truman asked to support Greece and Turkey while they fought the communist. He asked to provide them with military and economic aid. -
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The communist takes over Czechoslovakia. -
First Lightning
The First Lightning is the first atomic bomb the soviets launched. It was tested at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. The explosion was about 20 kilotons. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was the first armed conflict during the Cold War. The Soviet Union backs up North Korea where the United States back up south Korea. The war ends in a cease fire. -
The Blockade of the Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union blocks off all the road and railroads to West Berlin. This was known as the first crisis in the Cold War because they had no way to get food, water, medicine, etc. -
The building of the Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union decided to build a wall that closed off access to West Berlin. The wall symbolized the Cold War. It stood for 28 years. -
The Cuban Missle Crisis
President John F. Kennedy made a speech about his decision to put a naval blockade around Cuba. He did it to make it known that the US was ready to use military forces if they had to. -
The Hotline is Formed
Through this hotline John F. Kennedy had direct communication with Kremlin in Moscow. This hotline was to prevent war from happening. They did not want a miscommunication so it allowed them to pick up the phone and call each other directly. -
Nixon visits China
President Richard Nixon visits China.This visit was to try and make peace between China and America. He wanted to fix the diplomatic relationship between them. -
SALT I
The SALT I treaty stands for Strategic Arms Limitations Talks/Treaty. The Soviet Union and United States signed this treaty which limited the use of weapons including nuclear missiles. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected the new leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Konstantin Chernenko. As the new leader he begins to revise the soviets policies and change some of the ways. -
INF Treaty
The INF Treaty which stood for Intermediate-Range And Shorter-Range Missiles Treaty. President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty in agreeing to get rid of any landbased or intermediate based missiles. -
The Berlin Wall Falls
When the East German Communist Party said that citizens were able to cross the wall, that night everyone ran to the wall. Some were able to pass while others brought objects to break it down. -
The End of the Cold War
In 1919 the Soviet Union fell apart. Gorbachev knew he could not be in power anymore so he resigned. This marks the end of the Cold War.
