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korean war
Korea was divided by the U.S. to the south and Russia/China to the North. On June 25, 1950, the North invaded the south pushing all the way to the tip of the peninsula in a matter of months. The south then invaded the north -
sputnik crisis
The Sputnik crisis was the American reaction to the success of the Sputnik program. It was a key Cold War event that began on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite.Americans worried since the same rocket that sent the Sputnik could send a nuclear bomd to anywhere in the world in minutes. -
Space Race
This is where the US and Soviets had an intense rivalry about space and who can get the farthest first. Soviets started with the lead with Sputnik 1, however when the kept competing it actually brought them together and made the International Space Station. -
Bay of Pigs
Before the Nuclear Crisis the U.S tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably, this embarrassed the US. -
cuban missile crisis
On October 14, 1962, a spy plane flying over Cuba discovered nuclear missile sites under construction. These missiles would have been capable of quickly reaching the United States.Later the U.S anjd the Soviet Union removed the missiles. -
vietnam war
U.S. was fighting against the communist North Vietnamese, the Soviets decided to back up the communists. The war started until 1968. They killed about 3,000 innocent civilians. -
non-proliferation treaty
the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty which is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.Countries started signing it in 1968 and it came into effect in 1970. On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely. A total of 190 parties have joined the Treaty, with five states being recognized as nuclear-weapon states: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China -
Soviet Afghan war
The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. This war was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces and multi-national rebel groups called the mujahideens. The sovets led the Afghans because they were communist with good resources. -
berlin airlift
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In June 1948 the U.S. and Britainmade an announcement about establishing a new currency, the Deutschmark, into West Berlin. This made an economic chaos in the Soviet Union as people struggled to adjust to the new system of currency. -
Berlin wall falls
On November 9, 1989 on the written decree he misinterpreted what it said, announcing that East Germans could freely use all border crossings to "permanently exit" the nation people were soon chipping away at it, eventually knocking it down. The Berlin Wall was a symbol throughout the whole Cold War representing the war itself and communism.The falling of the wall symbolized the end of the cold war
