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Arms Race
the arms race caused many advancement's in technology due to the pressure to be better than the soiets -
yalta conference
conference to deside what to do with war torn europe -
Period: to
cold war
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Marshall plan
American initiative to aid west Europe financially. -
berlin blockade
first major conflict of the cold war were soviets tried to starve west Germany into submission -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift was Americas response to the berlin blockade in which Americans flew supplies into west berlin -
Berlin blockade ends
Americas first win in the cold war -
korean war
The Korean war was caused by wanting to unit Korea with free election but north Korea wanted to take south Korea with communism. -
Joseph stalins death
Made room for a new and better soviet leader -
Nakita Krushchev
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vietnam war
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bay of pigs
Bay of pigs was a horrible American plan to send Cuban escapees in the us to start a revolt against Cuban communism. -
Reagan visiits the wall
this showed his commitment to west berlin -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall was a soviet attempt to keep people from fleeing east Germany to west Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
most close to a war during the cold war made America scared that there would be nukes that close to america -
S.A.L.T
help[s the stop of the arms race -
Soviet invasion of afganistan
caused a split with soviets and americans backing different sides -
Mikhail gorbachev comes to power
soviet leader that helped stop the cold war -
INF treaty
treaty between soviets and americans to prohibit ranged nukes -
berlin wall falls
sign of Germany being reunited -
Germany reunited
Day where east Germany no longer communist and reunited Germany
