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Soviet Union and the Unites States couldn’t decide which government they would implicate on Germany. The decision was made to split the country and its capital, causing conflict at the Yalta Conference.
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Stalin makes a speech say that capitalism and communism are incompatible. This showed that both capitalism and communism cannot exist together. It has to be one or the other.
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Winston Churchill gives his “Sinew of Peace” or “Iron Curtain” speech. This offended the Soviets because comments were made about Eastern Europe separating itself from the world.
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The Truman Doctrine was released. It stated that America would help any non-communist country resist communist pressure.
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The NATO is created. The NATO is the alliance between U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European nations. They will support each other in the event of an attack.
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The Soviet Union explodes their first atomic bomb. Once news reached the U.S. they felt threatened because the Soviets were now capable of attacking them.
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The war in Korea begins. The war is between communist North Korea and nationalist South Korea. The U.S. and Soviets choose to take opposing sides. Once again, tension rises.
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Nearly 100,000 American lives were lost during the Korean and Vietnam wars. These wars were both communism vs. capitalism.
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The Warsaw Pact is created. This is the alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. Now that alliances have been formed, war is in the air.
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Khrushchev, dominant leader of the Soviet Union, visits the United States and is denied access to Disneyland. The denial of access offends the leader, causing tensions to rise once more.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis begins. The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba pointed at the U.S. They could fire these missiles at us at any moment. This frightened Americans extremely.
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Tensions still exist between North Korea and the United States. North Korea threatened to drop an atomic bomb on the United States.
