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Soviets detonate an atomic bomb
The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or "First Lightning" which was coded by the United States for joe-1, at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949. -
Korean War
75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. -
Rosenbergs executed
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convinced of accused of passing U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, they were executed at the Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair. -
Geneva Accords signed
As part of this agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. -
McCarthy hearings
He was known for accusing actors of being communist.the army charged him with using improper influence to win preferential treatment for a former staff member, Pvt. G. David Schine. The congressional hearings were among the first to be televised, and they captured national attention. The camera made clear his methods and manner, greatly weakening his popular support -
Sputnik orbit
The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I October 4, 1957. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball. It was 58 cm in diamter and weighed 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit Earth on its elliptical path. -
Nasa created
NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s October 4, 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I. The Sputnik launch caught Americans by surprise and sparked fears that the Soviets might also be capable of sending missiles with nuclear weapons from Europe to America. The United States prided itself on being at the forefront of technology, and, embarrassed, immediately began developing a response, signaling the start of the U.S.-Soviet space race. -
Fidel Castro seizes power
Cuban leader Fidel Castro established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. -
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They both had diffrent economy issues and they also had mixed feelings about each other from previous situations. -
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We begin to change because of the fear of communism spreading.