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The Soviet Union blockaded water access and railroads. There was a military operation that supplied the city of Berlin with food and other things needed by air. The western countries were the ones supplying berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was made to provide security from the soviet union. IT is an alliance between 30 countries. NATO deters soviet expansion and protects the allies freedom by political and military means.
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The Korean war was fought between North and South korea. Reasoning was the spread of communism and American containment. This was the first time the US and the Soviet union had a limited war in a third country.
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The Warsaw pact was made by the soviet union as a balance of power to NATO. It is officially the treaty of friendship and cooperation. Signed and founded in Poland.
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The north was communist and the south was democratic. The US provided help to the south but with the cold war, problems intensified. South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.
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Made it possible to study radio wave transmission and gravity. It also allowed scientists to track objects in orbit. The sputnik Orbited earth every 96 minutes and passed by the US 7 times a day. -
A concrete barrier that divided Berlin. It was separating west berlin from East germany territory. The Berlin wall was 13 feet tall.
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The soviet union secretly installed missiles in Cuba to attack the US cities. The US found out about it and decided on what they should do. Then in 1963 there was a Nuclear test ban treaty above ground nuclear weapons testing because they were scared that either side would retaliate.
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Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the moon. However the first device to land on the moon was the soviet union's Luna 2. The US won the “space race” that started because the sputnik was created.
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The fall of the “iron curtain”. This started the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. It was followed by Government protests.