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Beginning of Cold War/Bombing of Hiroshima
This was significant in the start of the Cold War because it showed the soviet union and the world that U.S has nuclear weapons. -
USSR Develops atomic bombs
Created an atomic bomb incase of possible war between U.S and the USSR. -
Korean War
It was the first time two big superpowers, United States and the Soviet Union had a ̈proxy war"in a third country. -
VIetnam War
Vietnam was a battleground for the U.S and the soviet unions as they fought for world domination. -
sputnik
space race U.S feared the soviet union as they fought for world domination. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Leaders of U.S and Soviet Union were in a 13-day polital and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed soviet missiles on Cuba. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
a group of ping pong players became the first America to visit Communist China and is credited with starting the process of thawing the long frozen relations between the two countries. -
Soviet- Afghan War
The soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist goverment in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas -
Tianamen Square Massacre
Student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijining during 1989 -
collapse of the soviet union
The Soviet Union broken into 15 seperate republics making U.S the new super power.
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