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The was a king who only helped the rich. He was a tyrant, and starved the poor.
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Poor Russian citizens revolt against the King of the Russian Empire. They were revolting to stop him from being a tyrant and stop him from neglecting them. -
Two groups the Reds (Communists) and the Whites (Capitalists) started a Civil War in Russia. Vladamir Lenin and the Reds won the Civil War. After the war, Lenin gave a speech outlining that people cannot disagree with the leader and the dictator has complete control. Lenin was assassinated by a White group member, Joseph Stalin took over. -
Germany invaded Poland and World War II started. The US entered the war because the Nazis declared war on us. We fought and fought. There was a conflict that impacted all the world's major countries. -
There was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Missiles and lots of fear were involved. Everyone was scared because no one trusted each other. Many were thought to be communists even if they weren't. The United States had a fear of it being a communist place. -
The Iron Curtain was a boundary splitting Europe into 2 separate areas from the end of World War II and the end of the Cold War. This was to be believed to keep people safe from surprise attacks. -
The Red Scare was the rise of communism and other ideas that feared people. Many people were spreading propaganda and telling lies about many people. Many people were being killed because of threats and the fear of being killed. -
This was the conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and their allies. This war went on for about 16 years. -
The Space Race held many events held by the USA and the Soviets. The Soviets were very far ahead and were guaranteed to win. But the US still had hope and caught up fast. We sent the first man on the moon while they sent the first man to orbit the moon. -
There were surprise attacks everywhere. People were scared, schools taught children how to duck and cover, and this crisis was between the US and the Soviet Union. Things escalated very quickly and people feared the attacks. -
The Soviet Union fell because of many reasons. The main reasons were that they didn't have enough money and it wasn't modern enough anymore.
