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The USSR had restricted access to water, railroads, and roads from western Germany to Eastern Germany in Berlin, forcing western Germany to airlift supplies to allied controlled Berlin. -
Alliance of America and nations in the Western hemisphere, to protect themselves against the USSR. -
North Korea invaded South Korea to spread communism, and America joined with South Korea to stop the spreading of communism.
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A pact between the USSR and other European countries. -
A war in an attempt to stop the spread of communism, between the USSR and the US, however it was fought in Vietnam, causing the death of tons of Americans and Vietnamese civilians.
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A satellite launched into space by the USSR, which was the first successful satellite to orbit the Earth. This led to the “Space Race” between the USSR and the US. -
The building of a wall separating Berlin into communist and democracy, representing East Germany and West Germany. -
The USSR had nuclear missiles installed in Cuba, which was only 90 miles from US shores. This threatened a nuclear war, but the USSR agreed to remove them. -
The US had technically won the Space Race against the USSR, since they were the first successful to land on the moon. -
Germans started destroying the wall of Berlin, reuniting and causing the collapse of other European countries.