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Cold War begins
The Cold War begins after World War II ends. The Cold War was a state of political and military tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. -
"Iron Curtain" is created
The term "Iron Curtain" refers to the imaginary line dividing Communist countries in the Soviet Bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War. This division was a serious threat to peace. -
The Marshal Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 that become know as the Marshal Plan. The Marshal Plan was a plan for economic reconstruction of Europe after World War II. -
Formation of NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO was a defensive military alliance of twelve Western nations designed to counter Soviet power in Europe. -
Warsaw Pact was formed
The Soviet Union and the Communist nations of Eastern Europe formed their own alliance, known as the Warsaw Pact. This treaty included the Soviet union and Albania, Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. -
Soviet Union launched Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union. Americans feared that Soviet military technology had leaped ahead of their own so the U.S. government established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, to return the United States to the forefront of space research. -
The Berlin Wall
The berlin wall split berlin into two halves, east and west berlin. This was was built by the communist of East Germany and was heavily guarded, anyone attempting to cross it risked being shot by East German guards. -
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cuban missile crisis
the cuban missile crisis was a confrontation between the United states and the soviet union over the installation of soviet nuclear missiles in cuba. After two-weeks soviet leaders removes the missiles when the united states agreed to remove US missiles from turkey and promised not to attack cuba. -
Fall of the berlin wall
the east german government opened the gates of the berlin wall in novemebter 1989. this was the strongest symbol of soviet repression and the cold war itself had finally fallen. -
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Fall of the USSR
USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Repulics. After the fall of the berlin wall the soviet union itself was falling apart
