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Start of the Cold War
The Yalta conference marked the start of the cold war. It was a conference between the big three: FDR, Churchill, Stalin, involving the end of Nazi Germany. As Stalin failed to keep his promises that were made there, the US harshly criticized the agreements. This was a political agreement -
US launches atomic bomb at Hiroshima
This is the first atomic bomb the US ever launched, it was called little boy as a code name. This is an economical event because they used a lot of resources to make it and destroyed a lot of materials using it. -
Marshall Plan announced
The Marshall Plan was a plan created by U.S. Sec of State George Marshall. It was designed to rebuild Europe from the destruction caused by WWII. this event was geographic because it was a plan to better the entirety of Europe. -
NATO ratified
It stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it involved ten West European countries and the United States and Canada coming together and making an alliance. This can be considered a social event because it brought together several countries. -
Russia tests their first atomic bomb
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Warsaw Pact
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Russia launched Vostok rocket
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Construction of the Berlin Wall Begins
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America's Apollo 11 lands on the moon
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SALT is signed between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Gorbachev becomes leader of the soviet union
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Many countries become independent
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End of Cold War
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Russia's involvement with an American election
Russia illegally interfered with the 2016 election of Trump vs. Clinton. "The Russian government used state-funded media outlets, including the website and radio broadcaster Sputnik and television network Russia Today (RT), to disadvantage the Clinton presidential campaign" (Masters). It is illegal for a foreign country to interfere with an American election and it shows that for some reason, the Russian want Trump to be president. -
Interview with Sharon Raz
