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The Cold War
After World war ll,Soviets were still in peace with The United States but tension began to surface. Everyone was paranoid as a result of the World War and no one could really trust eachother. Both countries had fairly opposing political, social and religious viewpoints, thus a 'metaphorical' war started.The cold war was never actual war, but rather Soviets and Americans fighting through other things to get back at eachother without any actual war. -
World War ll Ends
World war ll ends, Soviet Russia and Western powers are still allies following the war, but tension began to grow. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchails speech dropped a heavy vail on the relations of the Soviets and The Americans. This is considered a key point in the start of the war. -
Communists siezed power in Poland
Communist power grew which also allowed Americans fear of the spread of communism to grow too. Suspense and tension only stretched tighter when new dissagrements rose. -
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The Red Scare
The "Red Scare" was a state of histeria that took over much of the U.S, during the 1940's- 1950's in response to a communism spreading around the country. Senator McCarthy investigated most of the "supposed" communist that were taken. He led this reign leveled charges of disloyalty at celebrities, and anyone who disagreed with his political views, costing many of his victims their reputations and jobs. This soon became known "McCarthyism". -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union created a land and water blockade in an attempt to force the allies out of West Berlin. Supplies were airlifted to about 2 million people in West Berlin from 1948-49. About 277,000 flights were made within the two years, dropping somewhere around 8,000 tons of supplies per day. -
Korean War Begins
This was the first military action since the Cold War began. Even though the Soviet Union did not start it, it was still a battle between America and the Soviet Union. Technically it was communism versus democracy but it was America and the Soviet Union that kept the war going. -
Korean War Ends
The Russians defended the North and the Americans the South. To this day the country is still divided. -
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World Inventions
Products such as the Microwave, Ball point pen, Chicken Soup, laptops and other common household were created through technology advancements during the Cold War. Soviet Russia and The U.S had technological war in which they both competed in who could create the most, best and newest weapos and technology. Many things wrere invented by accident, in search for other things. -
The Space Race
Soviet Russia and The U.S began a 'race' for who could succssfully make it to the moon and back. They both fought hard in a technological battle into the solar system. The U.S eventually 'won' by sending a Human (Niel Armstrong) to moon and back. It was a major milestone in Human History and was widley known around the world. -
Veitnam War
To breifly summarize, this war was America against South Veitnam. The United States wanted to stop the uprising of communism in South Veitnam but they were not about to just let someone come in and take over, so they fought back. -
Project West Ford
In the late 1950s the United States launched 480 million copper needles into outer space creating an artificial ring around earth for comminucation. The US thought that the Soviets would cut off their communications but found a way around it. -
Interesting Fact
The Cold War cost the US about $8 Trillion dollars. Just as a comparison, the US spends about $8 billion dollars per month in Iraq. The $8 trillion dollars spent during the cold war could fund the war in Iraq for around 80 years. -
The Berlin Wall
A barrier was put up by the German democratic rebublic to specifically cut off west Berlin from East Germany. It was built to protect its population from Fascists views. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 the Cubans "secretely" had nuclear missiles and the United States found out. President JFK told the people that if the Cubans used a nuclear weapon that he would launch a full-scale retaliation, which could have resulted in a nuclear war. -
President Richard Nixon visits China
President Nixon visits China, for a eight-day television extravaganza — and a public relations coup for hosts and guests alike. Nixon visits to create a more friendly relation between America and China. -
South Vietnam becomes Communist
Marking the end of the Vietnam war, and the steady proccess of governing Vietnam under the Communist Party. -
Mikhail Gorbachev Becomes Leader of the Soviet Union
Made leader after the death of Konstantin Chernenko, previous leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev led the people through a dizzying set of domestic reforms, and foreign policy changes. He worked to relax the political oppression, heal the crumbling economy as well as working to create a better realtionship between the U.S. and Russia. -
Chinese Students Lead Protest to Reform Communist Government
Led by university students,over one million chinese citiznes marched on Tiananmen Square to voice their discontent with the government. However when govenment officials refused to see them a mass boycott of universitys occured. In order to stop the march Chinese troops were called in killing hundreds of protesters and arresting thousands more. -
Solidarity forms the first post-war non-Communist government in Poland
From 1944 to 1989 Poland was under a Soviet-imposed Communist government. The Solidarity trade union movement, born in 1980, carried out a decade-long struggle against communism. The resistance eventually led to the Communist authorities to hold a semidemocratic elections for parliment. The massive electory victory eventually led to the fall of the commuist ogvernment in Poland, -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The World was astounded as they watched the Soviet Union fell apart into 15 countries. Once the Soviet Union could no longer keep its self together in a stable way, they eventually 'fell' and the decades long fued between the Soviets and The U.S disitengrated with it. The U.S. took the victory as a triumph of freedom and democracy
