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Importance: The beginning of The Cold War.
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Importance: The instant devastation on Hiroshima shocked the world in disbelief and despair.
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Importance: It was the beginning of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion.
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Importance: NATO shows a role of peacekeeping and crisis management. It is a military alliance against Soviet aggression.
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Importance: It provided stablity between both conflicting forces and was a form of non-nuclear confrontation between the allied Soviet and the United States.
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Importance: Sputnik ignited the Space Race regarding the Cold War.
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Importance: It was a wall that divided East Germany and West Germany.
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Importance: it proved the Soviets were not afraid to risk a nuclear exchange.
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Importance: China is the fifth member of this exclusive club, joining the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France.
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Importance: It was the step to form a relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
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Importance: It created ties with China as putting greater pressure on the Soviet Union and enhancing American power in East Asia.
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Importance: It was first major U.S. military operation since the end of the Vietnam War.
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Importance: He believed that a better Soviet economy depended on better relationships with the rest of the world, especially the United States.
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Importance: It was a symbol of increasing freedom.
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Importance: It ended Russia's march to democracy.
