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Creation of NATO
NATO stands for the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". THe purpose of NATO was to defend each other from the threat of the USSR taking over. This was also an alliance between the US and Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade, the US began a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to West Berlin -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A mutual defense organization of the USSR that put them in command of the armed forces of member states. -
Sputnik
- World's 1st artificial satellite. Released by the Soviet Union
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The Moon Landing
The arrival of the 1st spacecraft on the moon. It won the Space Race for the US. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Germans from the east tried to flee to the western part of Germany were there was a democracy in place. In response to this, the Communist leaders put up a wall to divide east and west Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A standoff concerning the installation of nuclear-armed Societ Missiles on Cuba, 90 miles from US shores. United States vs. USSR -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
It symblozed the fall of Communism. It was the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
