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NATO was made to bring collective security against the soviet union. NATO was created by Canada, some western European countries and the U.S. The military alliance the U.S. entered outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
The soviet union’s blockade of roads and railroads into west berlin led them not to have resources. So to help the United States and United Kingdom to airlift them to food and water. Also any kind of medicine that they needed. -
The Korean War was a conflict between the democratic of North Korea and the republic of South Korea. 2.5 million people lost their lives due to this war. The North Korean army invaded the non-communist south korea and it was fought to free the north of communism.
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The Warsaw pact was created because of Germany going into NATO. The Warsaw pact was used as a weight to try and be a balance of power with NATO. -
The Vietnam War was a conflict that involved the communist gov’t of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the United States. The U.S entered this war to stop the spread of communism.
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Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union and it was an artificial satellite. It circled the earth every 96 minutes until January 4, 1958 where it burned a part of earth's atmosphere. This led to a space race between the USSR and U.S. -
The wall was a barrier that kept Germany divided from the years 1961 through 1989. The wall was created by the German democratic republic. It was made so that the number of people didn’t try to escape or leave the Soviet Union. -
The U.S. and Soviet Union were close to going into war over nuclear armed missiles in China. President Kennedy didn't want to invade the island or bomb the missile sites. Instead he enacted a naval blockade around the country, shutting off Soviet weaponry shipments and isolating the island. -
Two U.S. astronauts landed one the moon for the first time ever. It was just a goal they wanted to achieve and basically say they did it. Neil and Edwin were the first people to walk on the moon. -
The destruction of the wall was to reunify Germany. The boarder escalated pressure from the people of eastern Europe and ultimately, confusion over East German decided to open the border. ½ million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest to crumble the wall down.