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Berlin wall falls
when the wall falls it opens borders, and free election which is used to eliminate communism everywhere -
First Atomic Bomb
Americans successfully tested the first atomic bomb in New Mexico -
Korea divided at the 38th parallel
North Korea-----Communist rule; leader Kim II- Sung
South Korea-----Anti Communist rule -
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MacArthur makes commands
Halts a plan to dissolve japans largest industrial corporations and tries to take japan as an anti communist country -
Iron Curtain
Churchill gives speech which later becomes famous -
Truman Doctrine
Pledges america assistance to any nation in the world threatened by communism containment. -
H-Bomb
Truman approves the development of the H-bomb -
Sputnik Crisis
USSR released a satellite to orbit in space, united states wanted to be first and felt that the USSR was watching them -
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Nuclear bombs
Nuclear arms races test several at the Nevada test site -
Non- Proliferation Treaty
Prevented the spread of nuclear weapons and technology to promote peacefully uses of nuclear things made -
U-2 incident
American spy plane shot down and the pilot of the plane was help captive. created tension between the united stated and the soviet union -
Cuban Misses Crisis
U-2 spy plane discovered nuclear missiles that could reach the united states . Kennedy held a meeting to discuss the missiles. plan was that if the united stated removed their missiles from turkey Cuba would withdraw theirs. -
Attacks outside USSR and US
Egypt and Syria attack on Israel -
Communism
North Vietnam wins
South Vietnam loses and falls to communist rule -
Troops
U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada
