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The United States was the first country to have nuclear weapons.
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They started a program because they found out about other countries nuclear programs.
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China becomes a communist country under their new leader Mao Zedong. After the Chinese Revolution.
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He was a general in WWll and then later became the 34th president of the United States. He followed the USSR into a space race. He funded NASA and all kinds of space programs.
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A senator from Massachuestts runs for president and wins. He arranges the Bay of Pigs (which fails). He gets USSR to remove missiles from Cuba and US removes missiles from Turkey.
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An attempt to over throw Castero. Kennedy got a group to work with teh CIA to attack Cuba. Cuba found out and prevented the attack. Big embrassment for Kennedy and the United States.
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The United States and Soviet Union were on a brink of nuclear war because the Soviet Union placee Missiles in Cuba.
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He was the 37th Vice President and the 36th President. He pushes forces in Vietnam.
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He was fatally shot by Oswald, while in Texas with his wife, Jacqueline.
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Two different confrontations between North Vietnam and the United States in the Gulf Tonkin.
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He is the only president who has resigned from office. Senator from California.Removes United States troops from the Vietnam war. Trains south Vietmanese people to fight better.
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Helps end the Cold war .
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The Berlin Wall seperated East Germany from the west. They torn it down to allow the country to unify.
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He becomes president in 1990 and he resigns when the soviet union collaspes on December 25th, 1991.
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Economic and Political pressures ruined the Soviet Union. Communism just wasn't working.
