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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Japan and they surrender a few days later. The Soviet Union emerges as the 2nd world superpower.
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American Initiative to aid Western Europe and help rebuild the economy.
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The Soviet Union blocks the Western allies from getting to Berlin to provide supplies. This was the first major event of the Cold War.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a intergovernmental military alliance.
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Soviet's lift blockade preventing Western allies from getting to Berlin.
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Keeping up with the American's the Soviet's test out their atomic bomb.
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Chinese Civil war comes to an end and China becomes a communist nation.
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Communist North Korea invades Anti-Communist South Korea. Stalin and the USSR supports North Korea.
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Created by the United States after the Soviets detonated their Atomic bomb.
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After peace talks began in May 1952 a truce was announced and the war in Korea ended.
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Vietnam splits at the 17th parallel.
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Military treaty aligning the Soviets with Albania, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia.
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Attempt ultimately fails and Hungary remains under Soviet control.
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USSR sends first satelite into space, and one month later sends Sputnik II with dog aboard.
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Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba and makes the government Communist.
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John F. Kennedy is elected the president of the United States.
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Cuba and Soviet Union join forces against the United States.
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U.S. invades Cuba in an attempt to kill Fidel Castro.
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Germany builds a wall separating East from West Berlin.
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USSR puts missiles in Cuba aimed at the United States.
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JFK is murdered in Dallas.
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China explodes atomic bomb in order to keep up with the rest of the world.
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The United States sends 200,000 troops to Vietnam
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Richard Nixon is elected the new President of the United States.
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U.S. lands first men on the moon.
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North Vietnam and U.S. declare cease fire.
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Richard Nixon becomes the first President to resign from office before he can be removed.
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North Vietnam defeats the South.
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Announced by Reagan to prevent missile attacks from other countries.
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The German's demolish the wall separating Berlin
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Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia
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And with the fall of the Soviet Union back to Russia so ends the Cold War.
