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Iron Curtain was created
The Iron curtain was a physical barrier that seporated parts of Europe after World War II -
The Berlin Airlift
The USSR blocked off eastern Europe from Western Europe, depriving the eastern half food and and other necessities. The United States and United Kingdom had to airlift food to the people in the eastern Europe parts. -
End of Berlin Blockade
The USSR stopped the blockade sperating Eastern and Western Europe. -
Space Rsce
The USSR sent the first person into space -
Dwight D. Eisenhower became president
The United States got a new leader during the Cold War. -
Space Race
The USSR sent the first animal into space. -
Bay of Pigs
The CIA trained cuban exiles and sent them back to Cuba to overthrow Fedel Castro and the Communist government. Cuba was aware of the attack making the attack unsuccessful. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built seperating East and West Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US governement believed that the USSR had nuclear missiles in Cuba and set up a blockade blocking USSR ships from reaching Cuba. The USSR later agreed to remove all missiles from Cuba and the United States agreed not to invade Cuba. -
JFK assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated -
Space Race
The United States were the first to send man to the moon. -
SALT
The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty was signed by the US and USSR -
End of the Space Race
The US and USSR worked together on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project ending the space race -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
the Berlin wall was torn down and later on East and West Germany reunited -
START
The US and USSR signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty -
End of the USSR
Russia recognized the end of soviet Russia esentially ending the Cold War