Cold War/Makenah Melvin, Leanna Collins

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    First major international crises of the Cold war. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway,road,and canal access.
  • Creation of  NATO

    Creation of NATO

    Created by the U.S, Canada, and several Westren Nations, to go against soviet union. the first peacetime military alliance.
    (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
  • Creation Of Warsaw  Pact

    Creation Of Warsaw Pact

    A military alliance of communist nations in Eastren Europe. made to answer the NATO. USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    The sputnik was the first artificial earth satellite. Orbited for 3 weeks. The USSR launched it the united states had a part to.
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    United States landed on the moon. Apollo11. First human to touch the moon.
    Niel Armstrong was the first person to touch the moon.
  • Construction of the Berlin Wall

    Construction of the Berlin Wall

    Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on August 13,1961. The wall cutt off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany , including East Berlin.
  • Cuban Missile  Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    A 13 say confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union it came close to nuclear conflict.
  • Destruction of  Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations and on to travel to West Germany