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Events leading up to 1980's Olympic Boycott

By Tomas_Marquez

  • Cold War Begins

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    Events Leading up to Boycott

  • Communist take over Czechoslovakia

  • Mao Zedong, a communist takes control of China

  • Korean war Begins

  • Soviet Union reveals that U.S spy plane was shot down in soviet territory

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

  • U.S marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism

  • Soviet Army invades Afghanistan

  • 1980's Olympic Boycott

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