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Start
WW2 ends and the alliance of U.S and U.S.S.R. does to. President Truman comes to speak about containing communism and the red scare begins. Federal government is investigated for involvement. -
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Bombs Away
The Soviet Union begins testing of nuclear weapons and the arms race begins. Truman says he is building a super-bomb and joins the Korean war in efforts to stop the spread of communism. -
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grounds
U.S. backs a coup and overthrows the Iranian government. President Eisenhower sends aid to South Vietnam and the soviets end an anti-communism in Hungary -
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Advancements
Russia launches the sputnik into the earths orbit. Communist Fidel Castro overthrows American- backed dictator in Cuba. 2 years of unsuccessful attempts to thwart Castro, the CIA does the Bay of Pigs invasion and fails. The Berlin wall is made in east Berlin. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
American navy blocks Cuba after the Soviet Union places missiles in Cuba. Kennedy pulls away from Cuba in exchange for the soviets removal of missiles. China tests first a-bomb while America air raids against North Vietnam. -
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bombs away
President Johnson sends troops to Vietnam and Dominican Republic. Soviet Red army invades Czechoslovakia to stop "Prague Spring". In '72 president Nixon and soviet leader sign a treaty to make it illegal to make nuclear weapons -
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Guerilla Warfare
America goes into combat with Vietnam but backs a coup that overthrows the Chilean president. Soviet Red Amy invades Afghanistan. The U.S. and Soviet army go at it for 10 years to have no victory -
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Labor Strikes
Solidarity Union forms when Polish Workers lead labor strikes.In '81 President Reagan starts the mission to contain communism with the Reagan Doctrine. -
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Invasion of Grenda
The U.S. invades Grenada, overthrowing the government and replacing it with a U.S. friendly one.Mikhail Gorbachev becomes premier of the Soviet Union and his policies are the catalyst for the Soviet Union collapse -
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end of war
Protesters gather in Tiananmen square who wish the Chinese Communist party to reform.In Poland the Solidarity Union forms a non-communist government. The Berlin wall is destroyed and the Soviet Union collapses