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The United States drops a 20 kiloton Atomic Bomb nicknamed Little Boy on Hiroshima.
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A competition between the Soviet Union and the United states to become the most well armed during the cold war.
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The United States drops a 22 kiloton atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Man on Nagasaki.
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An American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the cold war.
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The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' access to berlin. This was one of the first major international crises of the cold war.
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The Marshall plan was an American plan to aid Europe after World War 2.
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The USA's solution to the Berlin Blockade where they flew supplies into Berlin.
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An alliance between several North American and European Countries is formed.
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Russia tests its first atomic bomb which is a large threat to the United states.
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A war between North Korea and South Korea in which the USA aided South Korea.
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Joseph Stalin dies and sets off a power struggle for who will succeed him.
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Nikita Khrushchev serves as the first secretary of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.
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A treaty between several countries officially call "Treaty of Friendship, Co-Operation, and Mutual Assistance
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This war was a large part of the cold war and was supported on one side by communists and on the other by anti-communists.
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The competition between the Soviet Union and United States for supremacy in space flight capabilities.
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A period of public fear and uncertainty in the United States due to the Soviet Unions Sputnik Program
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Explorer 1 which was the first US satellite launched creating major competition with Russia in the space race
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The first human spaceflight in the united states officially begins using the Atlas rocket.
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A US spy plane was shot down during the Cold War in Soviet airspace and was captured.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba during the Cold War.
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A 13 day confrontation concerning the American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey.
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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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Invasion in which the Soviet Union Supported Afghan communist governments in its conflict with anti-communist Muslims.
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The completion of the berlin wall separated families, and friends. The wall is also a key symbol of the cold war.
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Reforms made by Mikhail Gorbachev led to the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the U.S.S.R.
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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear force treaty was signed. This treaty eliminated short and intermediate range nuclear weaponry being used between the Soviet Union and United States.
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Hungary Declares independence from the Hapsburg Monarchy.
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Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power and becomes the eighth leader of the Soviet Union.
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After world war 2 Germany was separated into East and West Germany. They reunified because of East Germany's economy problems.
