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Venona Papers
The soviet union and the U.S. were involved with the venona papers. russians were named in the papers. took place in russia. happened in 1934. -
Iron curtain
winston Churchill, the U.S., Britian were involved. A speech from Winston churchill talking about communist countries. gave speech on March 5, 1946. took place in eastern europe. he gave the speech a year after WW2 to talk about the power of nations in Europe -
Truman Doctrine
The U.S., Greece, and Turkey were involved. President Truman gave a speech asking for help to end communism in greece and Turkey. Happened in U.S. happened on March 12, 1947. some say that this caused the copld war. -
Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany were involved. Took place in west Berslin. Took Placce from June 24, 1948- May 11, 1949. The main Cause of the blockade was the cold war. -
Korean War
North Korea, China, South Koreak, Russia, and many other countries were involved. Two sides fighting for different things, one for communism and the ither for democracy. took place in Korea. started June 25,1950-July 27,1953. Both sides were fighting for different types of government. -
rosenburg trial
Ethan and Julius Rosenburg were involved.This couple was accused of selling nuclear secrets to russia.took place in hte U.S. Happened in March 6, 1951. The couple was executed after being found guilty -
Sputnik
The Soviet union and the U.S. were involved. The Sputnik 1 was successfully launched from russia, launched on October 4,1967. The Soviet union wanted to be the forst country to launch the worlds forst artificial satellite instead of the U.S. -
U2 Spy Plane Incident
The soviet union and the U.S. were involved. On May 1, 1960 the ussr shot down an american spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Happened in Russia. Plane was shot down on May 1, 1960. The plane was shot down by the russians and the U.S. had to say that they were conducting secret spy missions on russia to get the pilot back -
Bay of pigs invasion
Cuba and the U.S. were involved. Cuba took control of islands and Fidel Castro gained power. Took place in Cuba. Took place from April 17, 1961-April 19, 1961. The U.S. needed to stop Cuba from gaining more power -
Berlin wall Setup and Demolition
Germany was involved. A wall was built in between germany to make east and west berlin. took place in germany. Built Aug 31, 1961- Setroyed Nov 9, 1989. The wall was built to seperate Democracy and communism
