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The Creation of the "Iron Curtain"
This was to describe the sharp division of Europe that was the result of Soviet actions. -
The Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan, names after U.S. scretary of state George Marshall, provided $13 billion for rebuilding Europe. -
Crisis in Berlin
Societs blocked off all land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin. As a result, Berlin's 2 million residents were no longer able to import food, coal and other vital supplies. -
Space Race
Space would become another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and by extension its political economic system. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
The U-2 incident
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot, Francis Gary. -
Bay of Pigs
Officials had believed the Bay of Pigs invasion would start a massive Cuban uorising afainst Castro. Insted the incaders were quickly defeated. -
Creation of Berlin Wall
the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete between East and West Berlin. -
SALT I & II
Richard Nixon was elected U.S, president. He sougth what he called detente or reduced tension between the superpowers. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall. Some crossed freely into West Berlin. -
Dissolution of the USSR
The Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom.
