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Harry Truman
Harry Truman became the 33rd US president. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union built a wall to separate their portion of Berlin from the section controlled by the United States, France, and Britain in hopes it would weaken their economy and force them out of the city. -
NATO established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a military alliance between United States, Great Britain, France, and 9 other countries formed to defend against Soviet aggression. -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea, supported by the United nations, and South Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union. North Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union and South Korea was occupied by United States military forces. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower became the 34th US president. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Following Georgy Malenkov, Khrushchev became the leader of the USSR. -
Warsaw Pact Established
The Warsaw pact is an alliance between the Soviet Union and 7 satellite nations that was formed as retaliation for the United States creation of NATO. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War took place in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos and was fought between Vietnam and the United States in attempt to contain communism. The United States failed and Vietnam became communist -
Space Race
The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik II starting the Space Race. -
U-2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy became the 35th US president. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
An invasion approved by John F. Kennedy and led by the CIA and anti-castro refugees that fled to the United States. The invasion was a failure. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a nuclear war. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th US president. -
Leonid Brezhnev
Following Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev became the leader of the USSR -
Cultural Revolution
A social-political movement started by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party. -
US space race
The Apollo 8 was launched. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon became the 37 president of the united states -
Apollo 8 landed on the moon
The apollo 8 landed and Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon -
SALT
The US and USSR signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty -
The Soviet- Afghan War
The Soviet-Afghan war was fought between the Soviet Union, under Leonid Brezhnev, and Afghanistan in Afghanistan. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Following Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev became the last leader of the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was taken down -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin was elected the 1th president of the Russian Federation -
Fall of the USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and Boris Yeltsin came into power becoming the 1st president of the Russian Federation.
