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Stalin had the nations in his sphere of influence join the Warsaw Pact to counter the powerful NATO military and organization. -
Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union all had split up sections. -
The once-allied nations became rivals in a global power struggle that shaped much of the 20th century. -
Its purpose was to ensure the security and defense of its member states in response to the threat of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. -
In 1948 Stalin had all the land routes into the Soviet quarter blockaded. They airlifted all of the supplies into their quarter for one year until Stalin realized he had lost the gamble and reopened the land routes. -
This approach promoted a peaceful co-existence between the two superpowers and to avoid the risk of nuclear war. -
There was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea, and South Korea was supported by the United States. -
This creation was a milestone in the arms race between the two superpowers during the Cold War. -
This revolt lasted 12 days until the Soviet Union came crashing in and killed a quarter of a million Hungarian civilians. -
The Soviet Union informed the world they had launched a satellite into orbit around the earth. -
Where they had Cuban exiles in the United States trained and supplied with weapons in an attempt to overthrow the communist government. -
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that separated West and East Germany. -
It prohibited nuclear weapons testing. The treaty aimed to reduce radioactive fallout. -
This was a conflict over spheres of influence in the Caribbean. -
Created a hotline to talk to each other directly and quickly -
The Prague Spring was a reform to give rights to the people of Czechoslovakia. -
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles. -
An agreement signed by 35 nations in Europe to uphold and protect security and human rights. -
The Soviets joined in the communist Afghanistan war to annihilate anti-communist Muslim guerrillas. -
This movement was the fall of communism in Poland and advocated for workers' rights and social change. -
This treaty was signed between the United States and the Soviet Union to reduce any threat of nuclear war. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the symbolic break in the Iron Curtain. -
The fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the end of the disruption between East and West Germany. -
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, West and East Germany got to cross the wall and reunite with friends and families. -
When Russia went back to a sovereign country