Sputnik

Cold War

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    Berlin Airlift

    Us began to airlift food, water and medicine to the besieged city.
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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    Sputnik

    A time of fear and anxiety in Western Nations about the technological gap between the US and the soviet union
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    Korean War

    North Korea attacked South Korea on June 25, 1950, igniting the Korean War.
  • Creation of the Warsaw Pact

    Creation of the Warsaw Pact

    The soviet Union formed this alliance as counterbalance to NATO
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    Vietnam War

    pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States
  • Construction of the Berlin Wall

    Construction of the Berlin Wall

    On August 13, 1961, the government of the German Democratic Republic began to build barbed wire and concrete wall between East and West Berlin.
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    Cuban Missle Crisis

    Leaders of the US and SovietUnion engaged in a tense 13 day political and military standoff
  • Moon landing

    Moon landing

    America's great lunar adventure was really about the Cold War against the Soviet Union
  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall

    anti-government protests in East Germany and the democratization of other eastern and central European states