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Hiroshima bombed
US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki -
Truman Doctrine
Truman vows to assist any nation that is fighting communist or at risk of being taken over by communists -
Marshall Plan
This was americas plan to help rebuild after WW2. America wanted to assist to show that capitalists were good and wanted to help others while communists did not. -
Cominform
Created the Eastern Bloc -
Korean War
The Korean war begins -
Korean War
The Korean war ends while north korea is still allied with russia and South korea is still allied by the USA -
Hungarian Revolution
This was a revolt against communist rule in budapest -
Space Race
USSR puts first living animal in space -
Space Race
USSR puts the first human in space -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed us mission to invade and overtake communist government of cuba -
Vietnam War begins
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Berlin Wall is Built
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear weapons spotted in cuba by a spy plane -
Space Race
US successfully puts first man on the moon -
Soviet Union gone
The soviet union is declared nonexistant