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The Cold War between the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R begins. This war continued on for 46 years and was more a competition than a war. This was a war of Capitalism vs. Communism.
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timespan of the cold war
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The U.S.S.R. Successfully tested their first nuclear weapon. Beginning a time of constant threats of nuclear warfare as both sides had nuclear weapons at the ready.
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The border between the parts of Berlin is closed off for what will become the Berlin wall and the threat of being shot for crossing into the U.S.A side of Berlin.
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The Berlin wall begins construction and once complete will seperate both east and west Germany and prevent the Soviet Union side from accessing any Capitalist countries.
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Nuclear testing is banned. The U.S.S.R and the U.S.A agree to banning the testing of nuclear weapons.
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon during the space race. The American`s won the space race and put men on the moon before the U.S.S.R could.
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The Berlin wall is taken down after 28 years of seperating the German people.
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The Soviet Union is begining to lose the war and Communism is begining to lose all of it`s power throughout Europe and other places around the world.
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The populations of east and west Germany are allowed to mix again after having been forcibly seperated with the threat of death.
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The war between the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R is now over.The U.S.A having won by their economy and "cheap, useless consumer goods" like silly putty.
