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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
This was a turning point in post World War 2 Europe. -
Red Hunts
Congressman Richard M. Nixon and the House Un-American Activities Committee led the earliest Red hunts for Communists in the government, which culminated with the prosecution of federal employee Alger Hiss and the executions of suspected spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. -
People's Republic of China
Zedong, Mao win the war, so China changes to be communtist country. -
Korean War
The fighting between communism and capitalism. -
Space Race
This is where the US and Soviets had an intense rivalry about space and who can get the farthest first. Soviets started with the lead with Sputnik 1. -
Great Leap Forward
The campaign was led by Mao Zedong and aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization. However, it is widely considered to have caused the Great Chinese Famine. -
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. (Embarrassing for the US) -
Bay of Pigs
This where the US tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably, this embarrassed the US. -
Reagan visits the Wall
This when Reagan visited the Berlin Wall, this showed continued commitment to the people of West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the closest to the US and the Soviets actually fighting. This includes nuclear warfare also. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
This was one of the first steps to slow the arms race -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The US and the Soviets each back a different side and this led to the US boycotting the 1980 Olympics. -
Soviet Afghan War
It was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national rebel groups called the mujahideens. -
Reunited Germany
This where East and west Germany reunited. -
Cold War End
Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
