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nuclear buildups #1
The United states had roughly around 1,211 Nuclear weapons. -
USSR development of Hydrogen bomb
After the Soviet Union saw that the United States where creating a Hydrogen bomb, the Soviet Union also wanted to pursue the development of a hydrogen bomb. The Soviet Union exploded its first true hydrogen bomb at the Semipalatinsk test site. It had a yield of 1.6 megatons. -
Hungarian Revolt of 1956
The Uprising, also commonly referred to as the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, represented a spontaneous revolt by the Hungarian people against the ruling Stalinist regime and Communist party at the time. although the Soviet Union did not suffer severe international consequences for what happened in the Hungarian Uprising, the event did have important effects on the Eastern Bloc and Soviet internal affairs -
The Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis was an international crisis in the Middle East. The Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal. The canal had been owned by the Suez Canal Company, which was controlled by French and British interests. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was a satellite that was launched into space in Russia. Its primary goal was to send radio and tracking the earth's orbit. It was the very first artificial satellite into space -
U2 incident
An American U-2 spy plane was shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. -
Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, he is the first president to resign from office. He resigned after the Watergate scandal. He did The US off gold standard and helped regain relation with China -
Bay of Pigs
During this time Cold war was helping to prevent communism. The Bay of pigs was an invasion planned by the United States to Cuba, The President of Cuba Fidel Castro was a communist and he was working with the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam
During the cold war, Vietnam was in a war, called the Vietnam war. The United States President John F. Kennedy send about 400 US troops to Vietnam in May 1961. They were there in South Vietnam to train South Vietnamese soldiers following a visit to the country by Vice-President Johnson -
Berlin Crisis
The Berlin Crisis started when the USSR launched an ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of all armed forces from Berlin, that includes the Western armed forces in West Berlin. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall.
Jun 4 1961 - November 10 1961 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was a very dangerous conflict. The United States and the Soviet Union were having a standoff, that almost involved many Nuclear Bombs on Cuban territory. -
JFK
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 -
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War was a brief \conflict fought in June 1967 between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. The brief war ended with a U.N. ceasefire -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization drastically cut America's involvement in Vietnam and allowed for thousands of U.S. troops to come home. -
the Space Race
The “space race” was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight. and also who would be the first one to get to the moon.
It started in 1955 and it end in July 1975
In 1969 is when the United States launched humans to the moon. -
SALT
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks was a meeting with the United States and the Soviet Union. It was about an agreement to not use nuclear weapons. -
nuclear buildups #2
The United States had roughly about 23,519 nuclear weapons