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N.A.T.O
The North Atlantic Treedy Organixation started and members pledged to help one anouther if any one of them were attacked -
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race fro nuclear arms
nuclear arms racein the cold war bothsides were fighting to get the most nuclear arms. the weapens were highly developed hydrogen bombs, wich are much more destructive then than the atomic bomb. -
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Chinese Civil War
chinese civil war
Mao Zedong changes the chinese people and built a Communist one-party totalitarian state in China. The Great Leap Forward failed in 1958-1960 led by Mao Zedong. It was a failure and backyard industries turned out low-quality and they had useless goods. -
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korean conflict
korean conflictSouth Korea was a capitalist economy and were allies with USA. North Korea was communist and they were allies with Soviet Union and Chinese governments. Kim II Sung wanted to unite Korea so he attacked the south and both sides began pushing back and fourth until it ended back where they had started. -
Warsaw Pact
The warsaw Pact was often invoked by the Soviets to kiip its satellites in order -
Berlin Wall
the berlin wall was made in 1961 to show workers that they were not aloud into east Germany -
cuban missiles spark a crisis
in 1962 the soviet union sent muclear missiles to cuba. becuase of this president kennedy responded by imposing a naval blockade that prevented further soviet shipments to cuba. -
vietnam conflict
USA entered the Vietnam war because they thought the domino effect may happen, which was a communist victory in South Vietnam would lead to noncommunist government across Southeast Asia. the Viet Cong tried to take over South Vietnam's government but failed -
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eastern european independence
european mapIn 1968 eastern European countries started to call for freedom from the Soviet Union. In 1968 Czechoslovakia was invaded because of uprisings. So Hungary and other countries began to change their government. By 1989 a democracy movement was going throughout the region. In 1991 the Warsaw Pact was broken and the eastern European countries were free. -
soviets in afghanistan
The soviets became involved in war in Afghanistan in 1979, they supported the Afghan government.They were battling mujahedin for social reforms and land redistribution. Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union. -
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soviet union falls
soviet unoinEastern European countries from Poland to Bulgaria broke out of the Soviet Union beginning in 1989. The Baltic States broke out of the Soviet Union and regained full independence by 1991. At the end of 1991, the remaining Soviet republics separated to form 12 independent nations. After 69 years, the Soviet Union had ceased to exist.
