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1. Cause(s) of the event

-There. was a Cuban Communist movement
-Nikita Khrushchev decided to put nuclear missiles in Cuba
-Fidel Castro came to power
2. A description of what the event was
-The soviet Union and United States. were close to war over the new presence of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
3. Date(s) of the event

10/2/1962- 11/20/1962
4. Key individuals/groups involved
- John F. Kennedy (President of the United States during the Cuban Missile crisis)
- Soviet Union
-  United States
-Nikita Khrushchev (pushed a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he also positioned nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida)
- Cuba
-Fidel Castro (Castro had a very heavy part in this crisis as because of his actions the world was close to nuclear war.)
5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

- There was no clear victory for either Democracy or Communism as the resolution. was the United States taking their missiles from Turkey and. Cuban getting rid of theirs.
6. Bay of Pigs
- The failed Bay of Pigs invasion is where the origins of the Cuban Missiles Crisis started
- During this the US supported Cuban exilies hoping to cause a uprising against Castro (Fidel Castro)

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1. Cause(s) of the event

- There were two ideologically opposed groups both trying to control a united China
-The need for a united China came from the years of separation and imperialism within their homeland; China.
2. A description of what the event was

- This was was fought between the (ROC) "Republic of China" Kuomintang (KMT), and the remaining forces of the Chinese Communist part (CCP)
3. Date(s) of the event

1927-1950
4. Key individuals/groups involved

-Important generals would be:
- Bai Chongxi
-Chen Cheng
- Moa Zedong
Groups:
-(CCP)
-(KMT)
-ROC)
5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?
- The Civil War ended as a victory for the (CCP) or the Chinese communist party
6. Cultural Revolution "Chinas"
- This was a rebellion that came after Chairman Mao's appeal in 1966 to reinstitute the communist ideology in China.
7. Chiang Kai- Shek
-He was a military leader, Chinese. Nationalist politican, and he served. as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928-1949
8. Great Leap Forward
-The Chinese communist party and Mao made and executed a 5year economic plan. However this began in 1958. but was later abandoned in 1961
- This "great leap forward" lead to 30-55 million deaths due to preventable things like starvation and forced labor
- During this time their was great environmental and economic destruction
9. Mao Zedong
- He helped the Chinese workers and Peasants
- Led the Jiangxi Soviets radical land polices
- Became the head of the CPC
10. The battle of Taiwan was interrupted by the Japanese invasion. but. was intended to be the final chapter in the Chinese Civil War.

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1. Cause(s) of the event

- Gorbachev introduced perestroika and than after glasnost.
Glasnost helped people do didn't like their current government gain more power. This was a big pushing factor to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
2. A description of what the event was:

-14 countries declared their independence from the soviet union (end of 1991)
- A leading cause of the fall of the soviet union was Gorbachev's decision to loosen his reign on countries in Eastern Europe
3. Date(s) of the event
Summer of 1989 - Fall 1991

4. Key individuals/groups involved
-Soviet union
-George W bush
-The communist party
- Milkhail Gorbachev
- The Democratic Party

1. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

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Cause(s) of the event: The Arms race started because initially because the United States was the only nation to have atomic bombs but than the soviet union set off an the arms race had begun.
A description of what the event was: The arms race was a competition between Nations on who could have the most Nuclear warfare power.
Date(s) of the event:
March 12, 1947 - December 26, 1991
Key individuals/groups involved:
-Woodrow Wilson
-Harry Turnman
-John F. Kennedy
- Stalin
-Churchill
- Ronald Reagan
Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?
The victory went to Democracy which helped leading to the containment and reduction of commmunism.

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1. Cause(s) of the event: political reforms inside the Soviet bloc, escalating pressure from the people of eastern Europe and ultimately, confusion over an East German directive to open the border

2. A description of what the event was: half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest. Then, the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled.

3. Date(s) of the event: November 9, 1989

4. Key individuals/groups involved: Walter Ulbricht, JFK, Nikita Khrushchev, Conrad Schumann, Peter Fechter

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism? Democracy

Mikhail Gorbachev-  a Russian and former Soviet politician. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-1991).
Ronald Reagan-American politician who was the 40th president of the United States from (1981-1989). A member of the Republican Party and he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from (1967-1975) after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

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1. Cause(s) of the event: the belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other, such was the nuclear military might of both.

2. A description of what the event was: a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

3. Date(s) of the event: November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975

4. Key individuals/groups involved: Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Ngô Đình Diệm, JFK, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Lyndon Baines Johnson, General William Westmoreland, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Lê Duẩn, Văn Tiến Dũng, Richard M. Nixon, Henry Kissinger

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism? Communism

Ho Chi Minh- Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 to 1955 and President from 1945 until his death in 1969
Vietcong- National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, was an armed communist political revolutionary organization in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Vietnamization- policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role
17th Parallel- the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam as established by the 1954 Geneva Conference

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1. Cause(s) of the event: the spread of communism during the Cold War, American containment, and Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II.

2. A description of what the event was: conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South.

3. Date(s) of the event:  June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953

4. Key individuals/groups involved: Dean Acheson, Mark W. Clark, John Foster Dulles,James Van Fleet, Kim Il-sung, Douglas C. MacArthur, John Muccio, Syngman Rhee, Matthew Ridgway, Dean Rusk, Peng Teh-haui, Maxwell Taylor, Walton Walker

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism? Democrazy

Douglas MacArthur-  MacArthur was soon selected to command United Nations forces in Korea. After stemming the North Korean advance near Pusan, he carried out a daring landing at Inch'ŏn in September and advanced into North Korea in October as the North Korean Army rapidly disintegrated.
United Nations (role of it)- June 27, 1950: United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 83 declared North Korean actions constituted a breach of peace, recommending UN members provide assistance to South Korea to repel the attack and restore peace on the Korean Peninsula.
38th Parallel- the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south

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Division of Germany
1.Cause(s) of the event: Germany became a focus of Cold War politics and as divisions between East and West became more pronounced, so too did the division of Germany.
Russians wanted Berlin all for themselves, so they closed all highways, railroads and canals from western occupied Germany into western occupied Berlin

2. A description of what the event was:

Berlin was located deep in the Soviet zone, but it was also divided into four sections
3. Date(s) of the event:

June 1948
4. Key individuals/groups involved: Russians and Germans
5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism? Democracy

Berlin Airlift- the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air (lasted for more than a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo)
Berlin Wall-separated east and west Berlin for years until November 1989, one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War.
Iron Curtain-  political divide between 2 areas after WWII (from 1945-1991)

Marshall Plan-aka European Recovery Plan was a US program providing aid to Western Europe after the devastation of WWII (provided more than 15 billion to help finance the rebuilding efforts of the continent)