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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO was the alliance between the U.S., Canada, and some of the Western European nations. NATO's purpose was to provide security against the USSR. -
Soviet forces blocked access to Allied-Controlled areas of Berlin. This includes roads, waterways, and railroads. The U.S. and UK responded to this by airlifting foods, supplies, goods, etc. to Berlin from Western Germany. -
The Korean War was mainly fought between North and South Korea. One of the main causes of the Korean War is the spread of communism. The Korean War started when North Korea attacked South Korea.
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The Warsaw Pact is also known as the Treaty of Friendship. It was a political/military alliance between the Soviet Union and some Eastern European countries. The Warsaw Pact was the USSR’s response to West Germany being integrated into NATO. -
The U.S. was a part of the Vietnam War to try and stop the spread of communism. The U.S. ended up losing the Vietnam War. But, if body count defined whether you won a war or not, the U.S. and South Vietnam won the war.
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Sputnik was the very 1st artificial Earth satellite. It was launched by the Soviet Union by the Soviet Space Program. Its battery ran out after 3 weeks in orbit. -
The Berlin Wall was a wall that separated Eastern and Western Berlin. The wall was mainly made up of barbed wire and concrete and was guarded 24/7. The western part of Berlin was democratic, while the eastern part of Berlin was communist. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis is also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Missile Scare, or the Caribbean Crisis. It was the confrontation between the U.S. and the USSR. The Soviet Union secretly put missiles in Cuba to launch into the U.S. -
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to land on the moon. They rode the Apollo 11 spaceship. The moon landing cost lives. -
The destruction of the Berlin Wall was marked in history as the falling of the Iron Curtain. It started the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Later on, Germany would be reunified.