Cold War

By ashley lenon
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    The first artificial Earth satellite
  • U2 & Francis Gary Powers

    U2 & Francis Gary Powers

    an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    An unsuccessful military attack on Cuba. Eisenhower gave permission to the CIA to secretly train Cuban exiiles for an invasion on Cuba.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic that completely cut off Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    A 14 day confrontation between The soviet Union and Cuba, and the United States.Almost resulted in a nuclear war.