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Joseph Stalin
Dictator of the Soviet Union, turned what was a peasant society to an industrial super powered society. Helped them through WW2 and died in 1953. -
Iron Curtain Speech
When Sir Winston Churchill visited Westminster College as the Green Lecturer and delivered Sinews of Peace a message heard around the world -
Berlin Blockade
Attempt by the Soviet Union to slow down the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
Korean War
North Korean Communist army crossed the border and invaded South Korea -
Cuban Revolution
Armed riot lead by Fidel Castro and its allies against the government of Cuba President Fulgencio -
Vietnam War
The communist government of North Vietnam and its allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Space Race
United States and Soviet Union competition to see who can get to space first and launch space probes to the Moon, Venus, and Mars. -
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a fair income to producers and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum -
John F Kennedy
35th president of United States thats served during the cold war -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
When Cuba were going to launch ballistic missiles -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
When north Vietnam attack an USS boat named the Maddox -
Richard Nixon
37th US president, 36 vice president, and a senator of California. -
Moon Landing
When US Apollo 11 was the first manned mission on the moon -
SALT I
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, which puts limits on military weapons -
SALT II
Set a limit on strategic launchers -
Gary Powers
American pilot whose spy plane was shot down while doing a mission -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
A group on Afghanistan called mujahideen fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Between 562,000–2 million civilians were killed and millions went to countries as refugees -
Berlin Wall
A concrete wall put in Berlin that divided it up into 4 sectors