Timeline: Cold War by Ta'Najah Teal

Berlin Airlift (June 1948)

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Lasted 11 months from June 1948 to May 1949

Soviets blocked cargo planes with food, supplies, and medicine to West Berlin

Soviets wanted the Allies out to keep Germany weak

Space Race (1955-1975)

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The Soviet Union had the first satellite to orbit the world (Sputnik) (1957)

US lands the first man on the moon (1969) (Neil Armstrong)

USA and USSR join together Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)

Cuba Missile Crisis (October 14, 1962)

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The Soviet Union constructed an atomic missile base in Cuba

President Kennedy sets up a Naval blockade demanding the removal of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union leaves Cuba on October 28 and war is averted

Olympic Boycott (July 1980)

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America boycotts the Olympics in Moscow

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan because Afghanistan was rebelling against the Communist government

America supports countries rebelling countries against Communist ideals

Truman Doctrine (1947)

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Declares America will help countries rebel against a communist takeover

The US would aid threatened countries economically and militarily

The US gave Greece and Turkey $400 million to defend against the Soviet's expansion

NATO (1949)

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Consisted of America and West Europe (originally 12 members)

Members would defend each other if another member was attacked

Created in response to the Soviet's expansion of satellite countries

Warsaw Pact (1955)

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Created by the Soviet Union in response to the creation of NATO

A military alliance between Eastern Europe

The Soviet Union controlled all the countries involved (communism)

Germany Reunification (1990)

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Power of the Communist Party in East Germany faltered by 1980

Berlin Wall comes down in 1989

Helmut Kohl becomes the first Chancellor and reunites Germany after months of talks between East and West officials

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (1991)

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President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Moscow

Both countries reduce nuclear warheads and bombs to a third

Nuclear weapons must be reduced in seven years and remain this way for 8 more years

Soviet Union becomes Russia (1991)

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President Reagan's isolation of the Soviet Union's economy led to it losing power of East Europe

Gorbachev's power diminished because of an unsuccessful coup of Communists

Gorbachev resigns and Boris Yeltsin takes over in 1991