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The United States and Soviet Union kept trying to out shadow the other by making new space technologies and missions. It was the Soviet Union that launched the first satellite into space and after that it was a back and forth battle of who was a better nation space wise. The U.S. increased their funding to the space program, NASA to try and beat out the Soviet Union.
The importance of the space race was that it challenged the countries to be better than the other which lead to revolutionary events in history. There was a pressure to be successful in the space race which motivated the nations to work harder to make the missions victorious.

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The United States and Britain flew supplies to West Berlin due to the Soviet Union block on land routes.
This was a successful plan and was able to get enough resources to the stranded people of West Berlin. It made Stalin look weak as the Allied countries were able to think of a solution to still get resources to the people. Later on, Stalin would lift the barricades on the supply routes because of the achievement of the airlift.

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Berlin Wall Construction-August 13, 1961

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Berlin Wall Construction-August 13, 1961

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The Soviet Union constructed a wall to separate East and West Berlin. Khrushchev didn't like that many people on his side were fleeing to the West part of Berlin because that made communism look like a failure. The wall was heavily guarded by border patrols, but that didn't stop people from trying to escape their side.
This event added tension between the Soviet Union and United States as now there was a physical separation between the ideologies. It made the Soviets look really bad because they were forcing people to stay against their will in a communist-ruled section. The wall quickly became a symbol for the restriction of government freedom the Soviet Union imposed on the people of East Berlin.

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Non-communist countries came together and formed an alliance pledging to militarily support one another in case a country got attacked. They were all united under the goal to stop the spread of communism. This agreement also stated that the United States was going to give out financial aid to nations to help them build up their military.
NATO is significant because it showcases the first time the United States has been an interventionalist country in foreign affairs during a time of peace. One of the effects seen from the U.S. being so involved was the dramatic increase of military force in Western nations.

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Francis Gary Powers flew over Soviet Union territory in a U-2 plane to spy on troop movement and missile sites. Powers got shot down by a Soviet rocket and was taken in for questioning. The U.S. tried to come up with lies to cover up Powers' spying but eventually had to confess their actions.
Since the U.S. was forced to admit to spying after getting caught in the lie, it gave them a bad look with the Soviet Union. Tensions only rose from there. Khrushchev called off Eisenhower's visit to the Soviet Union which gave no room for negotiations.

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The Soviet Union was sending missiles to Cuba to protect themselves against the U.S after the Bay of Pigs invasion. The U.S. found the secret Soviet missile bases and realized how big of a threat this was to Americans. Kennedy stated that if any missiles attacked the U.S. from Cuba, the U.S. would respond with a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
The significance of this was that the crisis was that is caused fear of nuclear war for both Soviets and Americans because they were aware of the power the missiles had. Because of these high tensions, Kennedy and Khrushchev received a lot backlash from their countries after the threat ended. Another outcome of the Cuban missile crisis was that Cuba refused to let exiles enter and banned flights from Miami.

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Warsaw Pact. Linked the Soviet Union with seven Eastern European countries, to combat the NATO who were trying to contain their communism.

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War against the communist North Vietnam and their allies the Viet Cong. It continues the battle of America against communism.

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The Korean War. South and North Korea were split on how to govern their country, with south being democratic and north being communist. North Korea surprise attacked South Korea with intentions to take over all of Korea. America and the United Nations aided the south, because communism in South Korea would threaten the rest of the free world.

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Secretary of State George Marshall proposed that the United States provide aid to all European nations that needed it. This was to fight against hunger, poverty desperation and chaos.

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President Truman asked congress for $400 million in economic and military aid for Greece and Turkey, when they needed protection from the Soviet Union’s communism. Truman wanted to protect countries all over the world from countries with their governments being threatened.

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 World War II Ends - September 2nd, 1945

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 World War II Ends - September 2nd, 1945

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World War II ends. Soviet Union and The United States fought alongside each other.