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Mao Zedong takes control of China
China becomes a communist country. -
Korean War
The U.S and the Soviet Union took themselves out of the Korean War giving the Koreans their weapon supply. The whole Korean penisula was taken over. Many nations were under the control of Douglas MacArthur. Korea at the end signed an agreement. Korea was still divied into two countries. I think it did not help or effect the Cold War. -
Soviet Invasion of Hungary
A communist leader Imre Nagy formed a new government. He promised the Soviet troops to leave Hungary. Hungarian fighters then left, but came back wanting to fight. The result Nagy got executed. Having this did not help the Cold War. -
Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba
Fidel is a young lawyer that led the revolution of Cuba. Castro was a harsh dictator. He nationalized the Cuban economy. Castro taking over Cuba was considered to be a tool in the Cold War. Cuba was very involved in the Cold War. People thought that what was taking place that it might lead to a World War III. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was mainly to provoke Castro getting popularity. The Bay of Pigs was very unsuccessful and was supported by the U.S government. The Bay of Pigs helped the Cold War. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This crisis started off with Khrushchev secretly building missiles. Having a site where the missiles were, a U.S plane flew over the site spotting the secret missiles. Cuban was then very involved having found they were making missiles. It turned to utter caos. -
Nixon Visits China
Nixon goes to visit China to make relations with them, China responded back to the U.S not with a good feed back. China were so mad were could of broke out. The Nixon visist helps the cold war out by getting the help of china to agree. -
Vietnam War
Date Rages from 1945-1975. Ho Chi Minh turned to the communists for help. The communists led revolts to the French. War then breaks out. The communstists and nationalists join together to fight against the French. The U.S supporting the french. Vietnam then became a divided country. This did not help the Cold War, but triggered it. -
Mikhail Gorbachev takes control of USSR
Having Gorbachev take control of the USSR helped him end the Cold War. Gorbachev took control of the Soviet Union, because he rose to his power and took control over the Soviet. -
Civil War in Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega was the soviet Union leader. Anastoasio Somoza was Nicaraguan dictatorship. This war weakened the country's economy. Ortega agreed to hold free elections. This did not help the Cold War because it weakned the economy. -
Revolution in Iran
The revolution in iran have many religious and secular values that do not go together. The conflict grows. People wanted Iran to become a republic ruled by the Islamic law. The revolution of iran brought tension to the cold war. It was not a helping point to the cold war. -
Iran/Iraq War
A treaty was signed that established the Shatt. The War caused many damage. The war caused many economic caos because it involved with the two major oil producers. Having this economic crisis's this did not help the Cold War. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall helped out the Cold War by ending it. People will always refer to the Berlin Wall as the making point of how to stop the Cold War. Why the Berlin Wall fell was because it was in the focal point of changes. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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Soviet Union Falls Apart
The Soviet Union falls apart and becomes stably weak. The USSR does not learn that need to have strength to be strong and not fall apart. Having many different crisis's come in the Soviet then comes to an end not having Cold War be helped. -
SALT Treaty Talks
The goal was to replace the agreement with a long term treaty. The U.S and the Soviet Union negotiated agreements. Having them negotiate the agreements helps better the Cold War. Knowing that their is a long term treaty.