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Victory in Europe. Berlin surrenders to the Red Army
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Germany cut into 4 zones of occupation.
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The Atmoic bombs were dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima and made The United States the most powerful country in the world.
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The Communists take over Chekoslovakia thus beginig the race for prevailing governing systems.
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Berlin is blockaded by the soviets. US and Soviet tensions run high.
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Known as McCarthyism thisinvolved the tracking down and elimination of supposed soviet spies.
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A war that was fought for who would control Korea, the Communists or the forces of Democaracy.
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Furthers the nuclear arms race.
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Bomb yeilds a significantly higher payload than the originial atomic bombs.
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Vietnam became the longest fight against communism that the US was enganged in.
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The Warsaw pact wast he communist response to NATO. It was an organization made up of the Eatern European communist states and the Soviet Union.
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With the launch of The US space program many advanes of rocket power and and solar exploration take place.
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Kicked off the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
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Fidel Castro declares that he will rule as a dictator. This event eventually leads to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Bay Of Pigs was an attempt to disspose Castro using Cuban nationalists with CIA aid and the potentially thesupport of the united states military. The US military pulled out and the bay lf pigs was a massive failure.
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The Berlin Wall cut Berlin in half. One Side free. One side part of the Soviet Union.
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Almost resulted with the destruction of the World.
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Nuclear testing is banned.
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JFK was assasinated in Dallas Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
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The USS Maddox engadged in armed conflict three North Vietnamese torpedo boats.
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Continuation of the nuclear arms race.
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Hot War officially begins in North Korea, Cold War Proxy War.
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America Surpassses The Soviet Union in the Space Race and are the first people to land on the moon.
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Cause the Government to be viewed in a harsh light and causes further resentment for the vietnam war
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Nixon resigns the presidency after the Watergate scandal. Proving that the president lied to his people.
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The US backed Shah was overthrown and the US embassy workers were taken hostage. Plot of the movie ARGO
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Soviets invade Afghanistan the Muja Hajdin beat them and they leave while simultaniously being killed by the Muja hajdin.
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Poland is no longer part of the soviet Union.
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Hungary is no longer part of the Soviet Union.
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Berlin Wall is broken down causing an end to the seperation.
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Communist Governments decline in Chekoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
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The Country of Lithuania leaves the Soviet Union.
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End of the Soviet union imminent.
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After 45 years of seperation.
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Cold War Ends