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Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill came to America for the first time. He was invited to Westminister College in Fulton. He gave a speech about "Sinews of Peace" -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift was a respond to Soviet unions blockage of supply roads.They would fly over the city and drop crates of supplies to the citizens. They would drop food, water, and medicine into the city. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an international allies. US, Canada, and several Western European nations joined to provide security against Soviet Union -
Korean War
This war was between North and South Korea. North Korea got supposed by China and Soviet Union and South Korean got suppored by US -
Vietnam War
Vietnam is really long and costly war. -
Sputnik (Space War)
The Soviet Union launched a 184-pound steel ball containing a small satellite which took roughly 98 minutes to orbit Earth. The launching shocked many Americans, since we suffered when it came to technology in outer space. -
U-2 Incident
President Eisenhower wasn't happy with the progress that the Soviet Union was making. As a precaution, he sent U-2 spy planes to search the area. The Soviet Union spotted the planes but couldn't tell they were the property of the U.S. and were unable to shoot them down -
Berlin Wall
It was made by Soviet Union to separate east and west. Many citizens wanted to escape communism so they try to escape to democratic side of Berlin. It fell on Nov, 9, 1989. -
Cuban Missile War
Russia put missile in Cuba but -
Reunited Germany
