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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 low and middle class starved. -
Took place during the first World War. Russia abolished monarchy and took a socialist form of government. The Bolscheviks came to power after overthrowing the government. Two revolutions happened. -
Red army vs white army. The red army consisted of communists. Communists won and established the Soviet Union. -
Germany invaded Poland starting World War II. This caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
Began after the surrender of Hitlerś Nazi Germany. The United States believed the Soviets posed a great threat to the nation. Both countries brought forth Nuclear threats on one another. -
The United States was fearful of communists entering the country. -
The Iron Curtain was a political boundary drawn dividing Europe into two different sides. Communists did this to prevent contact with non-communist areas. -
North Vietnam was seeking to make the entire country a regime modeled after China and the Soviet Union. This included Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. It was majority fought between North and South Vietnam. The USA supported South Vietnam in the fight against communism. -
Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, in order to send craft up to space. -
13 day Political and military standoff between the USA and the Soviet Union. The Soviets implanted nuclear arms in Cuba, right on the edge of the United States. -
The Soviet Union broke into 15 individual states. The economy and military was failing, along with popularity of their president.