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Moon Landing
The United States landed on the moon which signified that the U.S. was winning the space race. -
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Berlin Airlift
It is when soviet forces blocked all the ways to enter allied controlled areas of Berlin. That meant they had to airlift food and supplies to them. -
Creation of NATO
It was a group of 12 countries that prevented the expansion of communism. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between South Korea and the communist North Korea. The Soviet Union supported the North and the United States supported the South. The war was ended with a treaty. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact was a rival alliance between soviet union and there communist nations. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was between North and South vietnam. The North was supported by China and the Soviet Union and the South was supported by the U.S. The United States was defeated in the Vietnam war. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite which many people thought it was a missile. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Soviet Union installed nuclear weapons in Cuba. An American spy plane seen the actions which led to a stand-off between the two. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989 is when the people announced that citizens of GDR could cross the wall. Some brought hammers and started to chip and break down the wall and cross it. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The East created the wall as a symbol of the Iron Curtain that separated East and West Berlin.
