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Berlin Airlift
Military that brought food and other needed goods into west Berlin -
Creation of NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization -
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Korean War
North Korea and South Korea went to war -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of Communist nations in Eastern Europe -
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Vietnam
France claimed vietnam as a colony and the communist forces attacked it -
Sputnik
Soviet Union launched a artificial satellite called sputnik -
Construction of Berlin Wall
Built early years of the cold war. It circled West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Confrontation between U.S. and the Soviet Union over the presence of missile sites in Cuba -
Moon Landing
The U.S. was competing against the Soviet Union so we wanted to put a man on the moon to basically win the race around space -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
Germans wanted in Berlin so they brought hammers and picks and destroyed the Berlin Wall
