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The Russian Empire was an empire that expanded from Poland to the Pacific Ocean. The Empire was very powerful and had a tyrant leader. The leader favored the rich and the middle and lower class starved. -
The citizens rose up against the government and then they threw down the russian empire. -
The Red Scare was when everybody thought everyone was a communist. The reason it was called the red scare though was because everyone was scared of each other because everyone thought everyone were communists. -
The Iron Curtain was a big wall that separated communist and non-communist countries. The Iron Curtain was built when World War ll ended. It also went until 1991. -
The vietnam war was between South vietnam and North vietnam. The vietnam war put communism in North Vietnam. -
Cuba was thretening to send bombs at the US and the US was scared and so they thought that they were going to die. The US fought back by traping Cuba inside of their own country so they couldnt send missles at them. -
The Space Race was a race between the Soviet Union and the US. There were many events that occurred between the Soviet Union and the US. The main events were the Soviet Union getting the first man in space, and the US getting the first people to the moon and back safe. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union was where the Soviet Union first spent too much money on weapons and heavy industries and not on customer goods and luxuries and food. Now because of this the people got mad. In the end, the Soviet Union callapsed becuase the economy collapsed from military spending and the people wanted more freedoms.