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Begingning of th Cold war
*The struggle was called the cold war because it did not actuaully lead to fighting or hot war on a wide scale.
*Cold War is the term uerm used to desicrbe the intense rivaly that developed after world war ii between groups of communist and moon- communist nations.
*On one side were the union of soviet Republics U.S.S.R and its communit allies on the other side were the united stes ans its democratic allies. -
Truman Doctrine
- peresident tuman said the us wold help any free nation resist communist aggeression attack.
- congress granted his request for 400 million for aid to Greece and tukey. & both Greece and tuky successfully resisted commuism becaues of US aid.
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Berlin Airlift
*France the UK and the Us supplied west Berlin entrly by air during a soviet blockade.
* Ti brougth in food coal petroleum and other supplied tto more than2 illion people in west Berlin.
* The Berlin Airliftn saved west Berliners from starvation and it ranks among the mpst important of the early cold wae. -
Korean War
- The first warn the united Nations UN played A military role.
- The korean war ended when the UN and Noth koreea signed a peace treaty.
- The korean awar was one of the blooodiest wars in history.
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Rosenberg Trial
- Julsn and Ethel were husband and wife.
- They wer arrested and accused of passing serct- bomb information to the soviet union.
- Juge Irving kaufman setened the Rosenbergs to die in the electric chair.
- The Roenbergs were executed on June 19/ 1953.
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sputnik/ 1st man in spacen Apil 12 1961
*SPUTK is the nanme of the first satllites lunched by the soviet union .
*Yuri A. Gagatrin of the Soviet Union became tthe first person to in space. -
Berlin wall built
- Built to dived the two parts oof the city of berlin communist east berlin and non communist west berlin.
- East Germany built the berlin wall to stop east Germans from emigreating to the west. * Demands for more freedom took place in East Germany.
- East and west Germany were united into the single non- communist country of ermany.
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Cuban Missile Crsis
*The United stes lerned that the soviet Union had secretly instqalled mossiles in cuba.
* The missiles could have been used to lauch nuear attacks on American cites.
* The criss wae oone of the the most serious indents of the cold war. -
1st Man on the Moon/NASA
- Neil armstrong a us astronaut was the first person to set on the moon.
- National Aeruics and space Administation is a us government atgency that manges the natios space progran and conducts research in aircaft fligt.
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Collape of the Soviet Union Cold War Ends
- The soviet commmuist party lost control of the soviet government.
- In 1992 Russian predent bors yeltis and U>S president George H>S. bush bsh formally declared that thre comtries did notn regard each other as potentil enemies.