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The United States issued a policy of containment.The goal of the policy was to keep communism from spredding, and reaching the homeland.
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Communist were winning in China, and ended up coming to power.
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China and the Soviet Union sign a friendship treaty, making the two largest communist powers alies.
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Communist north Korea attacks south korea causing even more tension and fear of communism in the United States.
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The united states tests their first Hydrogen bomb.
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The soviet union tests their first hydrogen bomb, showing that they are keeping up with the United States and their progressions.
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Has tensions heat up the US adopts the Brinksmanship Policy to show that it is willing fight.
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Soviets launch Sputnik which starts the space race.
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Soviet Union send tanks and soldier to Hungary to end up killing thousands of protesters.
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The United States places blockades on communist Cuba as a result of Soviet missle build up.
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Niel Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon, continuing the space race.
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The Soviet Union invades afganistan. The goal was to end the civil war and maintain a socialst power regime in the area.
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The United states boycots the Soviet Union Olympics because the Soviet Union did not withdrawl troops from Afganistan in the time that was provided.
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The leader of the Soviet Union, Georgy Malenkov dies.
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Soviet troops leave Afganistan.
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The soviet union offically puts an end to the cold war, by formally regonizing that it has ended.
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