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alger hiss
he was a government offical
he was thought to be a spy
he served 44 mounths in prison -
Period: to
cold war
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marshall plan
it was used to stimulate economic growth
founded by the us
it was a plan for economic reconstruction -
berlin blockade and airlift
soviot union blocked western allies railway road and canal access to sectors in berlin under allied control
west allies sent supplies to the people in berlin
western zones of the city served as gates to germany -
korean war
for the first time the us helps the united nation troop
the americans wanted to wipe out communisam
gernal duglas mc arther led the united nations troops -
sputnik
the soviots lunched spudnik
spudnik was the first artifisal made sattelite
the US did not like this -
vietnom war
batle of lu drang vally
battle for hue mass graves found
the bombing of cambonia -
u-2 spy plane
made for high altitude
used to spy on the soviet union
was the plane of choice for spying missions -
berlin wall
made to protect berlin
it prevented immagration
5000 attempted to escape -
cuban missile crisis
when the cold war almost became a nuclear conflect
was a confrintaion between cuba and russia
13 days long -
chiness cultural revolution
it was to enforce socialisam
millons of people where persecuted in the violent struggles
a social poliical movement in china -
1st man on the moon
neil armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon
in 1962 john glenn orbets earth
in 1965 was a russion astronauts leave space crafts to walk in space -
war saw pact
it is a sovit miltary response
eight communist states where involved
established by the soviet union
