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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.
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A North Atlantic treaty organization that was made up of the US, Canada, and several Western European countries. -
Was when North Korea invaded South Korea at several strategic points along the 38th Parallel.
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A defense treaty between the Societ Union and 7 other Soviet States in central Europe -
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.
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The first artificial satellite was placed into space by the Soviet Union. -
A concrete barrier that divided Eastern Germany from Western Germany -
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.
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The day that the US was the first to put a man on the moon, the moon landers being Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
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.