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The Marshall Plan established the ECA (Economic Cooperation Administration) and aimed to increase productivity, stimulate economic growth, and promote trade.
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The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control.
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Access to Berlin is now allowed
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)is established as a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet agression against Western Europe.
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The USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name "First Lightning"
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Mao Zedong, a communist, takes control of China
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Communist immergance led to a nationwide communism scare. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a prominant figure in the search for American Communists
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A mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe.
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The Soviet Union launches the worlds first successfull satillite
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Fidel Castro took control of Cuba by force and remained its communist dicator for the next five decades
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Soviet Union leader Nikita Krushchev visits the United States. He takes a tour of Los Angeles and is denied access to Disneyland!
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John F. Kennedy is elected as President of the United States
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Unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba
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The Berlin Wall was a barrier separating West Berlin and East Berlin.
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A 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other. This is the moment in the Cold War that is usually discussed as being the closest to turning into a nuclear conflict.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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With the U.S. and the USSR competing in the space race , the United States makes a great feat and is the first country to successfully put a man on the moon.
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SALT (Strateigic Arms Limitations Talk) was an agreement between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in order to control nuclear weapons use.
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Negotiations planned to provide for equal numbers of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles for both sides.
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The wall that separated West Berlin and East Berlin is torn down
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Eastern and Western Germany are reunited
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Military alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europe ends
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Tension between Russia and the U.S. and the Cold War ends
