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The USSR had blocked off all routes into Berlin so western countries sent food and supplies that Berlin needed through the air.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (A.K.A NATO).
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The Korean War was between Communist North Korea and Democracy South Korea.This was the first major war from the cold war because the U.S. supported and helped South Korea and Russia helped and supported North Korea.The war ended with little to no change. To this day North Korea is still communist and Korea is still split up.
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A treating that included the USSR and 7 Soviet satellite states in Central
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A war between the U.S. and Vietnam fighting over communism, on U.S.’s side to stop the spread, and Vietnam’s side resisting against the U.S.
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The first artificial satellite which was launched by the USSR.
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Divided Berlin into East and West by German Democratic Republic to keep out fascists from changing the “will of the people” into a socialist state.
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A heightened confrontation between the USSR, the U.S., and Cuba. The USSR started building missile sites in Cuba which means this could have been the closest the Cold War came to having a nuclear war.
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The U.S put a man on the moon before the USSR to put us ahead in the space race.
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The East Berlin Communist Party’s spokesman announced that their relations with the west have changed and now people from the west could freely cross the border as they please.
