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Joseph Stalin
He gave permission for North Korea's leader to invade South Korea which triggered the Korean War. -
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Harry Truman
Truman approved the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. He also instituted the Marshall Plan. -
US Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
It showed the U.S had nuclear weapons. It also shows the U.S wasn't afraid to use them to achieve victory. -
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was also known as the European Recovery Program which channeled over $13 billion. Politically the Soviet Union sat it as an anti-communist move which further escalated the Cold War. -
Soviet Union Develops Nuclear Weapons
The Soviet Union developed an atomic bomb during the Cold War. Once the Cold War intensified the U.S and the USSR started the hydrogen bomb program. -
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Korean War
The Korean War started while the Cold War was going on. The Korean War represented an important shift in US Cold War policy which was "A loss to communism anywhere was thought of as a loss everywhere." -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a war that faced North Vietnam against South Vietnam. The Soviet Union was with North Vietnam while the US was in South Vietnam. -
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Fidel Castro
Against Castro the nukes from Cuba were removed -
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
The U-2 Spy Plane Incident is when a US Spy Plane was shot down by the USSR. It was a huge international diplomatic crisis. This is also the first time a "spy swap" was ever done. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was when the US tried to put Castro out of power. This was thought to be the definitive strike against Castro. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the leaders of the US and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense political and military standoff for 13 days. Its when the US found out that Cuba had Nuclear-Armed Soviet missiles. -
Chernobyl Disaster
The Chernobyl Disaster is when a nuclear power plant went out of control and exploded. This Disaster killed many people nearby and changed the view people had for using nuclear material as weapons. -
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George Bush
He met with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. He was credited with improving US and Soviet relations. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Collapse of the Soviet Union is when Gorbachev resigned from his job which ended the cold war.
