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38th ParallelAn imaginary line marking 38 degrees of latitude. It divides Soviet forces to the north and American forces to the south after WWII.
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Atomic BombThe first atomic bomb was used in Japan the main purpose for the Atomic bombs was because we wanted to Intimidate the USSR (Soviet Union).
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Arms RaceThe Nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy between the US and the USSR and their respective allies during the Cold Wa
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WW2This was a great day that will be one of the happiest days in World History this was the day that World War 2 ended.
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Marshall planThis plan was designed to help out European Countrys so that there economy will get better and therefore preventing the spread of communism.
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NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization was to strengthen the Western Allies miltary response for possible invansion of Western Europe.
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USSR USSR detonates there first atomic bomb. This is the beginning of the Cold War.
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Harry TrumanHarry Truman U.S president signs approval of the developement of the Hydrogen Bomb
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North Korea Invades into South Korea
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Korean WarThe War was fought in Korea, they fought this war because they did not want communism to spread around the world.
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North Korea and South Korea come to a truce which ends the war.
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Vietnam WarVietnam War was a War that was fought over the spread of communism and the domino effect. We lost this war even though we won the battles.
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Civil RightThis movement was fought over the freedom and rights that African Americans had in the U.S.
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The Space raceThe space race was a big deal because people of opposite countrys thought if they could launch something in space there is no telling what a country. Could launch in to there country.
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Rosa ParksRosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man who wanted to sit at the front of the bus.
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Sputnik 1 launched by the USSR. Sputnik 2 is launched that carried a dog named Laika in it and that dog became the first animal in space.
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Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in to space and orbits the Earth once while in space.
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Bay of pigsThe Bay of Pigs was a unsuccessful mission by the United States. This mission objective was to take down Fidel Castro and to take down his communist control over Cuba.
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The demand for building the Berlin Wall was high because many people were going over to West Berlin. Almost 2 and half million people crossed over and went to West Berlin
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John Glenn Orbits the moon 3 times before coming back down to earth.
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This was the point of the cold war when nuclear weapons was becoming a great threat to anyone that was involved in the cold war.
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October CrisisThese 13 days was a scary time period were the United States was threatened by missiles that could blow us off the face of the Earth
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DreamMartin Luther King Jr. gives a speech in Washington D.C that eventually becomes a very famous speech. His speech was a non violent movement that was a highlight of the whole civil rights movement.
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JFKJohn F. Kennedy was Assassinated in Dallas Texas, he was the 35th president to be in office he was in office for a little over 2 years. He was 46 years old when he died.
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China explodes there atomic bomb to increase the number of countries in the nuclear arms race.
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Two days before the U.S. presidential election, Vietcong mortars shell Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon. Four Americans were killed, 76 wounded. Five B-57 bombers were destroyed, and 15 were damaged.
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Alexei Leonov spends 34 minutes outside of his spacecraft and becomes the first person to perform a space walk.
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TET OffensiveThe Tet Offensive was a series of attackes by Vietcong and Northern Vietnamese Troops. The suprise attacks were fought on major cities, towns and miltiary bases throught South Vietnam
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First man on the MoonNeil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon. While there crew mate Micheal Collins orbits around the moon alone.
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TroopsUnited States puts more than half of a million troops in Vietnam. (540,000)
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CommuismSouth Vietnam Surrenders to communism of North Vietnam
