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bombed dropped in hirshima
the first and only nation to use atomic weaponery -
truman doctorine
it implied American support for other nations allegedly threatened by soviet communism -
korean war
gave the US reason to increase its military expenditure four fold -
suez crisis
threatened regional stabliity and challenged the US relantionship with two primary cold allies -
vietman war
created tension and fear between the US and USSR -
hungarian revolt
exposed the weakness of eastern european communism -
sputnik
succesfully launched and entered earths orbit -
berlin wall
changed how the two halves of the city functioned -
cuban missile crisis
direct and dangerous confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union -
russians invade afghanistan
the fall of communism
