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Yalta conference
Was a conference in which the three allies met and talked about what they would do with Germany -
The Truman Doctine
When the president said that the U.S would give military and economic aid to other economic nations threatened by communism -
The Marshall plan
Was the aid of the united states to the European countries after world war II -
Berlin blockade
when the Soviet union blocked Berlin from the other countries -
Berlin airlift
was when Americans brought food and resources to Berlin by plane -
Korean war
Was a war between north and south Korea the war was about communism -
Joseph Stalin dies
Joseph Stalin dies after leading Russia in world war II -
The Vietnam war
was a war between the communist north and the democratic south -
Arms race
The arms race between the U.S and the USSR. -
space race
A race in which the U.S and the USSR tried to put a man in space -
Nakita Khrushchev comes to power
The soviet union had another president -
U-2 incident
A U.S spy plane was shot down -
Bay of pigs invasions
An invasion in which the United states aided some exiles to start a revolution in Cuba but failed -
Berlin wall start and finish
The Berlin wall was built -
Cuban missile crisis
When ana american spy plane took pictures of some missile launches off the coast of Cuba the U.S took action by blocking the Caribbean sea with their navy to block the soviets from bringing the missiles to the launchers. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
When the soviets sent thousands of troops to Afghanistan and occupied the capital as well -
INF treaty
A treaty where the U.S and the USSR agreed to not do anything with their missiles -
USSR breakup
When the USSR no longer existed -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
When the soviets had a new president after the other one -
German reunification
was an event in which east Germany joined the west Germany
