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Yalta conference
The goal of the conference was to shape the world after WWII and also convict war criminals. -
Arms Race
America and the USSR compete to increase nuclear power and weapon power to be superior over the other. -
Truman Doctrine
Statement that stated that America will give money to any country in conflict with USSR. -
Marshall Plan
America aided Western Europe and gave $13 billion to help rebuild Europe after WWII. -
Berlin Blockade
This started from Jun 24, 1948 – May 12, 1949. The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France. -
Berlin Airlift
Military operation to get food into the citizens of Eastern Germany -
Albert II
Albert II became the first monkey in space as his flight reached 134 km. -
Korean War
War went from Jun 25, 1950 – Jul 27, 1953. USSR and China aided North Korea Communists and America aided South Korea. -
Joseph Stalin dies
The communist leader dies after 33 years of ruling. -
Nikita Khrushchev comes to power
Politician who lead the Soviet Union for part of the cold war. He is responsible for de-stalinization of the USSR. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War begins in November 1, 1955 and ends April 30, 1975. The USSR started to fund the North Vietnamese communists and the U.S. started to fund the Southern anti-communists. -
Space Race
A race between USSR and America to explore space the most. -
Sputnik I
Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball. -
Laika
Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. -
Fidel Castro comes to power
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. -
U-2 Incident
A U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace. -
HAM
chimpanzee launched into space, on 31 January 1961, as part of America's space program. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab which prepared him for his mission — the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center -
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA. US trained cuban's to start a revolution. -
Berlin Wall (start and completion of)
Lots of Germans from the East fled to the West so the USSR built a wall to prevent escapes. -
Spy trade
On February 10, Abel and Powers were brought to the Gilenicker Bridge that linked East and West Berlin for the exchange. -
Cuban missile crisis
U.S. ships blocked USSR ships from bringing nuclear missiles to Cuba. -
Lyndon B. Johnson comes to office
Politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy -
JFK assasination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. -
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The first people to the moon. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The war lasted for 9 years. Insurgent groups faught against soviet union. -
INF Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is an agreement that America and the USSR will not use Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
He was the eighth and final leader of the USSR. He was a former soviet statesmen. -
German Re-unification
East and West Germany came together and now it's Germany. -
USSR Breakup
Other countries par of this group started gaining independence making the USSR weak and they eventually broke up.
