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Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met to decide the future of Europe. This is seen as the beginning of the Cold War
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The United States proved to have the deadliest weapon in the world after bombing Hiroshima, Japan.
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Several countries decided to sign a warsaw pact, only adding fuel to the cold war.
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The Soviet Union launched the first object sent to space, a satellite. This moved the Soviets ahead of the Americans in the Space Race.
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Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba and installs communism.
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Fidel Castro openly claims to become and ally to the Soviet Union and its ideals, adding steam to the Cold War
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The Berlin Wall completely separated East Germany with West Germany. The United States took control of one side while The Soviet Union controlled the other.
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The United States proved itself to be ahead of the USSR in the Space Race after landing on the moon.
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The Berlin Wall gets taken down and people are able to go back and forth from East and West Germany.
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The Soviet Union dissolves and becomes Russia. This is the end of the Cold War.
