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Berlin Airlift/Berlin Blockade
Considered to be one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access. -
Creation of NATO
A North Atlantic treaty organization that was made up of the US, Canada, and several Western European countries. -
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The Korean War
Was when North Korea invaded South Korea at several strategic points along the 38th Parallel. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
A defense treaty between the Societ Union and 7 other Soviet States in central Europe -
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Vietnam War
The US thought that Communism was going to spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia, however, this war truly had no merit and was simply a plot for gaining oil. -
Sputnik 1
The first artificial satellite was placed into space by the Soviet Union. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
A concrete barrier that divided Eastern Germany from Western Germany -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
This was when President Kennedy discovered missiles being built on the island of Cuba and decided to build a quarantine around the Island to stop incoming resources, as well as demanding the Soviets take down the already-built Missile bases. -
The Moon Landing
The day that the US was the first to put a man on the moon, the moon landers being Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
Stated the fall of the Iron Curtain and was the first step at the end of Communism. Toor down the wall between Communistic Eastern Germany and Western Germany.