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this event started on june 24 of 1948 when the Soviet Union blocked off rail, road and water access to Berlin. the U.S. and U. Kingdom responded to this by sending in food and fuel to Berlin from Western Germany. it lasted for 11 whole months until the S. Union lifted the blockade. -
an event that the U.S. were involved in. they created NATO to have security against the soviet union. NATO was one of the first alliances the U.S. joined into outside the western hemisphere. -
this event was caused by the U.S. creating NATO. the USSR wanted to also create an alliance called the warsaw pact. this alliance involved the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. -
This was an event that involved the soviet union. It was a satellite launch that had almost failed. and was done before the U.S. -
this event was about the construction of a wall to divide communists and democrats. This wall was meant to keep communists from going over to the western side where democracy was. the wall was eventually torn down by protesters. -
The Cuban missile crisis was an event that happened with the U.S. and soviet union. they both confronted each other and almost engaged in nuclear conflict. It lasted 35 days in all. -
this event involved the U.S. it was the first ever moon landing in history where 2 astronauts landed on the moon. it was a mission created by John F. Kennedy. -
this was an event that marked the falling of the Berlin wall. this event followed anti government protests in East germany. parts of the wall were torn down by East German border guard crews and residents of a reunified Berlin.