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The Berlin Blockade and Airlfift
In June, 1948, the Soviets created a blockade in West Berlin in hopes the West would leave. West Berlin started the Berlin airlift which put an end to the blockade in May 1949. -
War in Korea
North Korea attacked South korea to unite them into one communist government. After 3 years of fighting ,in 1953 they agrred to a truce -
The Arms Race
The Soviets and the U.S. were in a race to develop powerful nuclear weapons. The Soviets had made a big advantage by launching a satellite, which cause the U.S to create NASA. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
1,5000 trained Cubans came ashore at Cuba's Bay of Pigs. The goal of this was to start and uprising against Cuba's communist leader Castro. -
Cuban missile crisis
There was confrontation between the U.S and the Soviets over nuclear missiles found installed in Cuba. 2 weeks later, the Soviets removed the missiles and the U.S removed their missiles from Turkey. -
Test Ban Treaty
The Cuban missile crisis made it evident there needed to be something done about arms control. This treaty outlawed the testing of nuclear weapons in space, underwater, and on land. -
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
This treaty was negotiated during one of Richard Nixon's SALT meetings. This treaty limited the number of nuclear weapons each side could have. -
Intermediate -Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
This treaty eliminated certain types of missiles. The conflicting relationship with the Soviets was starting to improve. -
West and East Germany unified
The gates of the Berlin wall were opened and the joyous people even began to start tearing it down. This symbolized the end of the Cold War. -
Open Skies Treaty
The U.S made a treaty with the Soviets to allow each other the right to fly over each other's territory. This would allow them to gather info about each other so neither of them were assuming the worst about what could be happening.
