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Chinese Revolution part 2
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Chinese Revolution
In 1944,Chinese Communists were fighting against the Chinese Nationalists, The Nationalists supported by United States, and the Communists supported by the Soviet Union. The Chinese Communists wanted Communism for China and the Nationalists did not, eventually the Nationalists lost and left. This affected the Cold War because now the United States just lost China to Communism, and now the Soviet Union and the United States will be fighting each other for a while. -
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Cold War Events
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Korean War
June 25 1950, the war started by North Korea invading South Korea. The Soviet Union supported the North Korea and the United States supported South Korea. What basically happened was that North Korea wanted Communism and invaded South Korea who didn’t support Communism, but they wanted to unify and become one country named Korea. This impacted the Cold War because the U.S lost china, and they were able to stop the Soviet Union from taking control of Korea, however the people of the U.S considere -
Korean War part 2
Korea, however the people of the United States considered this a loss due to all the people who were lost and the amount of money it cost, with the end being a stalemate. -
Uprisings in Hungary
In November, 1956 The Soviet Union invaded Hungary, The Soviet Union came in Hungary and killed 30,000 protesters. This event forced Hungary to become Communist, the way that this event affected the cold war was that Hungary had to surrender and then the Soviet Union had another country that was Communist. -
Sputnik launched
On October 4 The Soviet Union and the United States had a race to see who can put the first people on the moon, on October the Soviet Union put the first Satellite in space. This event made a lot of Americans scared about the possible nuclear attack. The way that the United States approached this was by teaching more science and math in school. On January 31, 1958 United States launched their first satellite in space. This affected the cold war because now the Soviet Union was ahead in technolog -
Sputnik Launched part 2
in space. Thaffected the Cold War because now the Soviet Union was ahead in technology and had the advantage for a possible attack. -
Uprising in Hungary
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U-2 is Shot Down
In the 1960s Eisenhowers " Open Skies " proposal began make U-2 planes to match with the Soviet Union's Fighter Planes. The two countries invovled were the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States plane flew into Soviet Union territory and then the Soviet Union shot down the United State's plane. This affects the Cold War because now the United States felt like they needed to get back at the Soviet Union, but they didn't want to fight them, -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
On August 13, 1961 the Soviet Union build a wall that would split Berlin in half East and West Berlin.The Countries invovled are the Soviet Union side, which is Communism, and then the United States side, which is Democracy. This event affected the Cold War because now the United States couldn't break down the wall because then there would be a nuclear war, but they needed to get supplies to the other side.