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United Nations
50 countries joined together to make an organization that would try to promote global cooperation and world peace -
Atom Bombs
The US drops atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, setting off a huge nuclear arms race that would continues throughout the cold war -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin ordered a blockade of Berlin to try and starve the allies out, but the allies did a massive airlift to resist to resupply the city -
Korean War
The US sent troops when communist North Korea attacked democratic South Korea with support from the USSR and China -
Fall of Macarthyism
Joseph Mcarthy lost support for his crusade against communism when he made false charges against the Army -
Warsaw Pact
Pact was signed between USSR was signed other communist countries to assure cooperation between them -
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro lead a revolution that took over the country and made it communist (ended Jan 1 1959) -
Bay of Pigs
A failed attempt to land operatives in Cuba to cause a revolution -
Berlin Wall
Soviets put it up to prevent people in East Berlin from escaping to the west -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 22, 1962- Oct 28, 1962 Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba that threatened the US they were eventually removed after the US lifted a naval blockade and removed missiles in Turkey -
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Banned all testing of nuclear weapons except underground
