cold war

By cassie431
  • Soviets create & test hydrogen bomb

    Soviets create & test hydrogen bomb

    The soviet Union had been working on something big to insure that the US wouldn't be ahead of them with their arms. So on Aug 20, 1953, the Soviet's announced that the USSR had tested a hydrogen bomb.
  • U-2 Spy Plane Controversy (Francis Gary Powers)

    U-2 Spy Plane Controversy (Francis Gary Powers)

    An American spy plane was sent into was sent into the soviet unions air zone to try and collect in-tail on may 1st 1960, however this plane was detected by their radars and shot down.
  • US sends a man to the moon

    US sends a man to the moon

    President John F. Kennedy was determinant to landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. On May 25, 1961, he declared this to Congress as their the goal. On July 20th of 1969, the US made their goal and sent the first man to the moon in what know is known as the infamies moon