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Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin blockade first major confrontation of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was blamed for failing to carry out economic provisions. The United States had led the Western bloc. -
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan encouraged European nations to work together for economic recovery after World War II. The United States agreed to aid to Europe if the countries would meet to decide what they needed. The official name of the plan was the European Recovery Program. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Airlift brought food, coal, petroleum and other supplies to more than two million people in Western Britain. This was a historic effort by which France, the United Kingdom and the United States supplied West Berlin by air during a Soviet blockade. Berlin Airlift ranks most among the most importan incidents of the early Cold War. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched which the first artificial satellite. It circled the Earth once every 96 minutes at 18,000 miles per hour. The Soviet Union launched nine more larger Sputniks. -
Vietnam War
This was the longest war with the United States involved. It was enormously destructive. It was the second phase of fighting in Vietnam. The United States army tried to stop rebels, but failed. -
Berlin Wall
It was built to divide East and West Berlin. It was 26 miles long and was constructed of heavily fortified barriers. There was a massive concrete wall from 12 to 15 feet in height. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This is when the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of war. this was one of the most serious incidents of the Cold War. The United States learned that the Soviet Union had secretly installed missiles in Cuba, about 90 miles from Florida -
SALT I and SALT II
SALT stands for: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. It was a series of meetings between the United States and Soviet Russia. SALT discusses the limitation of the production of nuclear weapons. -
First Man on the Moon
Lance Armstrong was an astronaut from the United States. He was the first human being to step foot on the moon. Armstrong landed the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle on the moon. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
This event renewed demands by the republics for a greater amount of control over thei own affairs. 13 out of 15 republics had declared independence, 11 republics agreed to remain part of loose confederation of self-governing states.
