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Berlin Airlift
The U.S. started airdropping food, water, and medicine to Berlin -
Creation of NATO
Provided collective security against USSR -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A military alliance between USSR and several European countries -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union successfully launched an artificial Satellite -
Construction of Berlin Wall
It was built to separate the democratic states and communist countries -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation with the U.S. and USSR that almost ended with nuclear warfare because the Soviet Union wanted to put nuclear missiles in Cuba -
Moon Landing
It helped prove dominance over the USSR -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was destroyed and caused European countries to change their city's relationships with the west