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A race to get to the moon. It was between the USA and USSR. Exploring space was a huge competition.
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The second meeting of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill in wartime. The three made plans for after the war during this meeting. They also decided to demand that Germany surrender.
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A meeting in which Germany was formally divided into four zones along with the capital of Berlin. It divided Korea into two. The border of Russia and Poland was also determined.
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An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima to end the second world war. Along with the Nagasaki bombing at least 129,000 civilians were killed. It also sent a message to Russia, who was about to invade.
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An atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki to end the second world war. Along with the Hiroshima bombing at least 129,000 civilians were killed. It also sent a message to Russia, who was about to invade.
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Winston Churchill speaks about the USSR. He condemns their policies. He says and iron curtain has descended upon Europe.
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An american foreign policy. It was America's oath to fight communism. It was the death of American isolationism.
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The western sections of Germany merged. The three sections belonged to Britain, America, and France. This would have included the capital, too.
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally included the countries Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was created with the intention of not being communist.
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The tensions between the USA and USSR set off a spark in Korea that starts a war between the two halves. It rages on until 1953, but the war doesn't officially end. In 2018 significant progress was made and the war might end after Korea finally shakes off the foreign influence that has been tearing apart.
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The first man made satellite to orbit Earth. It was a metal sphere with four antennae. It was launched by the USSR.
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It occurred in Kosulino, Russia. A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace. It caused an international diplomatic crisis.
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A wall that existed until 1989. It was destroyed by construction. It was built to separate Berlin.
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A standoff or confrontation between the two cold war superpowers that lasted for 13 days. JFK blockaded Cuba and threatened military force to neutralize the threat to national security. It ended in missiles being removed from Cuba (and Turkey secretly).
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Cold war tensions spark a conflict in Vietnam. The north and guerrillas invade the south. This leads to Vietnam becoming communist.
