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Yalta Conference
Conference for setting Europes organization after World War 2 -
arms race
Arms race following the H-bomb explosion in Japan. -
Truman Doctrine
Says that the united states will help other democrocies that are under threat. -
Marshall plan
Marshall plan drafted -
berlin blockade
soviet union forms blockade to keep allied countries from getting into their parts of the country. -
Berlin Airlift
russia closing off their part of Berlin from the other countries. -
Korean war
Korean war began -
Joseph Stalin Dies
leader of Russia dies -
Nakita Krushchev comes to power.
Soviet leader to replace stalin. -
Space Race
race to see which country can go to space successfully. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam war began -
U-2 Incident
Plane was shot down while taking pictures for the CIA over russia, Francis Gary Powers, pilot captured and held in Russia. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
President Kennedy has Cuban exiles invade Cuba to try to get the people to revolt against the Cuban government. -
Berlin Wall (start)
berlin wall construction began -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR moves missiles into Cuba. United States was afraid of missiles being so close. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet Union invade Afghanistan. -
INF Treaty
INF treaty signed -
Fall of the berln wall.
The Berlin wall is torn down -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
Gorbachev turns the Soviet Union from communisim to a democracy. -
German Unification
east and west germany unifiy to form one country -
U.S.S.R. Breakup
The Soviet Union breaks up and allows democracy.
