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Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union blockades the land routes of West Berlin as a result the U.S. began a massive airlift of supplies to the city. -
Creation of NATO
Created by the United States to defend member nations from threats by communist countries. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A mutual defense organization that put the Soviet Union in the command of the armed forces -
Sputnik
The world's first artificial satellite to be launched into space by the Soviet Union. -
Moon Landing
It was the first successful mission of landing people on the moon done by U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
The Construction of the Berlin Wall
A wall built by the Soviet Union to keep the people of East Berlin fleeing to West Berlin where they wanted to revive the German economy and combine the three western zones into one area. Soviet Union feared the power loss that the combined zone would bring. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR began building missile sites in Cuba. John F. Kennedy found out and met up with Nikita Khrushchev to make a compromise on the bombing of Cuba. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
President Ronald Reagan of the U.S. demanded Gorbachev to tear down the wall. People from east and west Berlin used cranes and bulldozers to tear it down unifying Germany.
