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One of the first crises of the Cold War. Western countries delivered supplies to Berlin, Germany through air because all other routes were blocked by the soviet union.
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Created by US, Canada, and other Western countries to provide security against the Soviet Union
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Fought between North and South Korea, North Korea invaded the South due to clashes along the border. The US supported and fought for South Korea.
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“Space Race”, competition between USA and Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capability
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political and military alliance between the soviet union and several eastern European countries.
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Fought between south and north vietnam, USA was afraid that communism would spread to North Vietnam so it intervened.
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Sputnik was a basketball sized satellite which became the first manmade object to orbit the earth. It was launched by the USSR, which gave the Americans fear that their military was not as advanced. sputnik was launched to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions
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The Berlin wall was created to divide East and West Germany. East Germany was communist while West Germany was democratic. It was made to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Germany.
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13 day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear armed soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the US. Fearing a nuclear war, the US became scared.
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Marking the falling of the iron curtain and the cold war, Germany was reunified, causing the collapse of other Eastern Europe regimes.