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the american-soviet cooperation ends at the end of world war 2
the Americans and the Soviet Union separated after defeating the nazis in Germany, which began the missile crisis and many more events. 1/3 bad 1 being not so bad 3 terrible -
germany is divided into 4 pieces
the Americans feared the spread of communism, so they divided Germany and the city of Berlin into 4 pieces, which begins the cold war of the 2 superpowers 2/3. -
The USA announced Containment
the containment was about trying to stop the USSR from growing its sphere of influence because people in Germany were living under harsh conditions.
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the berlin airlift
the Berlin airlift is an event that happened because of the Berlin blockade that Stalin used to keep the Americans out of Berlin, so the Americans airlifted all the supplies into the city. 1/3
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NATO is created
nato was created as a buffer if one of NATO's countries would be attacked all of the NATO countries would retaliate.
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the korean war
north korea and China invaded South Korea, after which the USA led a united nations coalition to South Korea to defend it. 2/3
1950-1953 -
the USA develops the hydrogen bomb
the hydrogen bomb is a bomb that consists of 2 different uranium elements and a hydrogen lithium core, which causes fusion, basically the opposite of the sun which uses fission, fusion is like potassium and water, where both repel each other and cause an explosion. 3/3 -
creation of the warsaw pact
the warsaw pact was like a united nations treaty except it was with other soviet satellite nations. 2/3 -
the sputnik was launched
Sputnik was an artificial satellite launched by the USSR as part of the space program. which sent radio signals back to earth for three weeks before the 3 silver-zink batteries ran out.
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the vietnam war
the Vietnam War for 10 years in which the USA gave support to the French, which the USA used agent orange, a herbicide that also caused cancer and birth defect in Vietnam, and napalm which was used to end the war as soon as possible.
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1957-1989 -
the bay of pigs invasion
it was a US government launch to send Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro's communist government
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the berlin wall was built
the berlin wall was built that symbolized the political divisions at the time, and to keep the germans from escaping
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the cuban missle crisis
the Cuban missile crisis was a "blink" away from being the first nuclear, simply there was a Soviet ship and a US ship in Cuban waters and everybody except one person wanted to launch a nuclear missile that would cause mutually assured destruction, but one person aboard didn't accept the decision to send a missile which in turn saved everybody life and prevented a world war 3.
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the american soviet hotline was established
the american soviet hotline was basically a direct line connecting the USA to the USSR, for the quickest communication
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the partital test ban treaty was signed
the partial test ban treaty was a treaty that stated that no missiles would be used in the sky, space, or underwater
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germany is reunited
east Germany was released from the grips of the soviet union and was reunited with west Germany
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the warsaw pact is dissolved
the warsaw pact being taken down led to the downfall of the USSR.
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SALT treaty was signed
SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, to limit the number of ICBMs being created and limit the number of anti-ballistic missile sites. 1/3 -
helsinki accords
it was aimed to reduce the tension between the East and West, and hopefully provide an end to the cold war.
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START
the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks moved to destroy the number of armaments stockpiles 1/3 -
soviet invasion of afganistan
the Soviets invade Afghanistan but America was reluctant to join after the war in Vietnam, instead, they provided funding for weapons and training, after which Gorbachev was forced to accept defeat, and when the soviet left the afghans there was nobody there to fix the mess which resulted in the Taliban forming and then the events of 9/11
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the berlin wall is torn down
the germans finally realized that Stalin was not a father figure but instead a monster that killed millions of people.
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INF treated is signed
the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force treaty was signed, it would reduce the arsenal of smaller weapons, and the destruction of 2700 warheads.
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iron curtain collaspes
people began tearing the walls down in Germany placed by the USSR. and that the people no longer accepted communist rule.
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the soviet union is defeated and ceases to exist any longer
finally, the communist rule under Stalin is destroyed and all is peaceful again. 0/3