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the red scare
Was the idea that communism was on the rising and that immigrants from Russia were going to over through the government of the USA -
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the Korean War
Kim ll- sung accompanied by the Soviet Union and china invaded the southern part of Korea which was capitalist. USA started to help South Korea fight them off and approached the Chinese border and the Chinese invaded Korea. -
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the space race
The Soviet Union and the US rush to be the first country to have put a man in space. The Soviet Union launch the first satellite as well as a dog and the firts man to orbit the earth. The US launch a mission to have the first men in the moon and succeed after many failed attempts. -
the berlin crisis
During the Berlin crisis the Germans sealed off or Isolated West Berlin so no one could go in or out of the place. They did this by setting up bobbed wire and traps along with officers. -
Cuban missile crisis
A US plane secretly photographed nuclear missle sites being constructed in Cuba with the help of the Soviet Union. For 13 days the world was at the brink a nuclear war. -
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the Vietnam war
This was a conflict between Vietnam Cambodia and Laos in which the north that was communist had to fight the south capitalist that the USA supported. The north was supported by the Soviet Union. -
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the soviet-Afghanistan war
AThe Soviet Union supported the afgan government and fought off the Muslims that were anti communist in this war.