https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4 en-us 2023-04-03 16:29:38 UTC 2026-01-31 14:40:50 UTC hello@padlet.com dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2542557693 The Yalta Conference was a meeting held after WW2, with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin Roosevelt. This meeting was held to decide how to deal with Post-War Europe and Germany. It was decided there that Russia and Joseph Stalin would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria, in return for helping the United States fight Japan. ]]> 2023-04-03 17:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2542557693 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2542592734 In August of 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped, one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki. These bombs ended WW2 in the pacific and killed 100,000+. This was a tactical strategy implemented by the US in order to save more lives and stop war quicker. ]]> 2023-04-03 18:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2542592734 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545205182 Truman gives a speech stating that he fears that Communism will spread and introduces the Truman Doctrine. This Doctrine was put in place to provide aid to countries that are not communist yet in order to prevent the spread of Communism. The U.S.A provided 400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey in order to have them join an alliance against Communism. ]]> 2023-04-05 16:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545205182 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545214815 2023-04-05 16:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545214815 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545222346 The Marshall Plan was an U.S.A plan to rebuild western Europe's economy and cities. Out of fear that Communism would spread in the drought riddled Europe, the U.S.A provided $13 billion to Europe in order to rebuild the economy. Only downside to the Europeans is that with this money, they would need to buy U.S.A goods rather than European goods. ]]> 2023-04-05 16:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545222346 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545264189 The Communist side in the Chinese Civil War prospers and creates the People's Republic of China. Now, China is fully Communist and the United States fear that they have lost their containment policy and Communism will begin to spread more rapidly. ]]> 2023-04-05 17:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545264189 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545269264 The Red Scare and McCarthyism happened due to the public scare of Communism in America and over exaggerating the danger that Communism actually had in the US. Due to this, thousands of careers and lives were ruined due to unjust opinions and speculations of certain political views. The US Government, out of feat they would also be a target of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, did basically nothing about this absurd political witch hunt that happened in the US. ]]> 2023-04-05 17:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545269264 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545284012 North Korea (Communist) and South Korea (Capitalism) went to war in 1950, the north with the help of Russia and the south with the help of NATO. Truman, with the fear that the USSR would begin their world domination in Korea, felt he had to send troops into Korea. In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower was able to reach peace, after the death of Joseph Stalin, and the country remains divided at the 38th parallel and are technically still at war. ]]> 2023-04-05 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545284012 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545299296 During occupation in Post-WW2 Germany, the USSR blockaded Western Allies railway, roads, and canal access. Due to this, Germany was split into to halves, the Western (Capitalism) and Eastern (Communism). The UK and US provided food and goods and continued to provide to the western side of Germany. On May 12, 1949, the blockades were lifted and access to Western Germany was reopened. ]]> 2023-04-05 17:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545299296 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545302621 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. Out of fear of Communism spreading, NATO was formed in order to contain communism to the USSR and not spread any further west. ]]> 2023-04-05 17:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545302621 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545308355 Not shortly after the US had created its own atomic bomb, Russia would also follow in these paths and test its first bomb. Called the RDS-1, the atomic bomb was Russia's first successful atomic bomb.]]> 2023-04-05 18:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545308355 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545313606 With the Manhattan Project, the USA were able to become the first country to create and test a nuclear bomb. This project was created due to the US losing its weaponry supremacy after Russia was able to successfully able to create an Atomic Bomb. The US now regained their supremacy after successfully creating a nuclear bomb.]]> 2023-04-05 18:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2545313606 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557373427 An American spy plane, the U2, was shot down over the USSR. It was believed that these planes were so high that they weren't able to be shot down. The pilot, Francis Powers, survived and was put on trial in USSR until the USA traded a spy they caught for him. It was first believed to be a weather plane at first. ]]> 2023-04-17 17:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557373427 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557382605 After Fidel Castro had taken over the Cuban Government, the US Government plans to overthrow Fidel Castro by training and providing weapons. They don't make it off the beach and most soldiers are captured. News then comes out showing that the invasion was set up by the US Government and causes tension and turns Cuba to the Soviet Union for protection. ]]> 2023-04-17 17:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557382605 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557385154 To halt West Germany, the Soviet Union constructed the Berlin Wall. They wanted to keep the population of the West as low as possible during the Cold War due to their non-communist beliefs. On the night of August 12, 1963, German soldiers laid 30 miles of brick and barbed wire to separate East and West Germany. ]]> 2023-04-17 18:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557385154 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557404226 After the Bay of Pigs, Cuba asked for help and protection from the USSR. The USSR agreed and sent nuclear missiles into Cuba secretly, which was not only an act of defense, but also because the US had put nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy. The US blocked shipments but this was considered as an act of war which increased tension more. This issue lasted for 13 days and was the only time the US have ever declared DEF-CON 2. It ended when the USSR and US agreed to take their missiles out of Italy, Turkey, and Cuba and that Cuba wouldn't be invaded. ]]> 2023-04-17 18:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557404226 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557412154 To stop the spread of communism, the US had been sending ambassadors and weapons to South Vietnam. In August , 1964, a supposed 3 Vietnam boats attacked a US boat. After this incident, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a law put into place and allowed the president to send military troops into battle. President Johnson then send his military into Vietnam and joins the Vietnam War. ]]> 2023-04-17 18:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2557412154 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560552411 Kennedy signed the ratified treaty on October 7, 1963. The treaty prohibited nuclear weapons tests or other nuclear explosions underwater, in the atmosphere, or in outer space. It also allowed underground nuclear tests as long as no radioactive debris falls outside the boundaries of the nation conducting the test.]]> 2023-04-19 17:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560552411 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560558166 In hope to get N. Vietnam to stop attacking the South, the US start Operation Rolling Thunder. The US dropped thousands of bombs on N. Vietnam's homeland. This bombing did not stop for three years. ]]> 2023-04-19 18:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560558166 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560567193 In Czechoslovakia, new leader Bubcek began spreading socialist and democratic ideas. This outraged the USSR in fear that their communist ideas would be weakened and communicated with Dubeck, but he refused to give in. USSR then raided Czechoslovakia with their Red Army and tanks and stopped this uprising.]]> 2023-04-19 18:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560567193 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560577063 In hopes to get back on good terms with China and break tension, President Nixon contacted China and began works to bring them closer together. After much discussion, Nixon went to China and met with China's leader. This was called the week the world changed. ]]> 2023-04-19 18:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2560577063 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562199963 The KGB was created to serve as a "sword and shield" for the Communist party. The KGB was designed to be controlled by Communist party officials and would silence anyone who spoke out against the communist party. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562199963 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562220144 Operation Ajax and Operation PBSuccess were both operations set up by the CIA to overthrow harsh governments in foreign countries. In Guatemala the operation was  overthrow Jacobo Árbenz and in Iran was to overthrow Mossadeq. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562220144 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562228654 In response to the US creating NATO, Russia created the Warsaw Pact, an alliance of all communist countries. Unlike NATO though, Russia forced the other members to form. It disbanded after the collapse of the Soviet Union.]]> 2023-04-20 17:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562228654 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562238251 In 1956, the Soviet Union ordered its troops to crush a nascent rebellion in the Soviet satellite state of Hungary. The Soviets put this down due to new ideas of freedom of debate and criticism. They couldn't have these ideas spreading around out of fear it would damage the Communist idealogy. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562238251 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562257338 In 1958, Russia launched the first ICBM. A ICBM is capable of launching missiles over 5,500 km. This was a step forward for the Russians in the Cold War as they had beaten the US to new and improved weapons. ]]> 2023-04-20 18:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2562257338 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565980871 To stop the spread of communism and to prevent a Cuban military base from forming, the US sent their troops to Grenanda. A communist overthrow of the government had happened and thousands of weapons and ammunition was found and buildings destroyed. ]]> 2023-04-24 16:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565980871 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565983632 The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Claiming that its athletes will not be safe from protests and possible physical attacks, the Soviet Union announces that it will not compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.]]> 2023-04-24 16:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565983632 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565991238 Gorbachev saw that the USSR was declining and began to start reforms for not only the economy but also culturally. He started "glasnost" which is his trying to provide more freedom, jobs, etc. He also started "perestroika" which is an economic reform. He pulled out of Afghanistan and started focusing on bringing more money into the USSR.]]> 2023-04-24 16:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565991238 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565994357 The final and complete withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan happened in January 1989. They withdrew due to economic shortcomings and in desperate need of economic reform. ]]> 2023-04-24 16:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565994357 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565996776 During the fall of the Soviet Union, many countries wanted out of Communism and wanted new government. Many countries began having uprisings and revolts and had no other choice then to oust Communism. Countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania]]> 2023-04-24 16:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565996776 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565998338 In spring of 1989, protest broke out at Tiananmen Square led by college students and citizens who wanted more political freedom. After the death of the leading politician, Hu Yaobang, these protesters believed he was murdered due to his political ideology. At first, the government did nothing to respond, but on June 3rd and 4th, the troops began to move towards Tiananmen Square, opening fire, crushing and arresting protesters to regain control of the area.]]> 2023-04-24 16:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2565998338 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566059145 Due to East Germany not allowing anyone to cross the Berlin Wall or leave East Germany, many were very angry. In November of 1989, the gate was opened and thousands of citizens began tearing the wall down and destroying it. This now re-opened Germany and citizens were free to leave East Germany.]]> 2023-04-24 17:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566059145 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566061661 In the 1990 Russian Presidential Election, Boris Yeltsin was elected. He democratized, marketized, and privatized Russia, as well as peacefully dissolved the Soviet empire. He was not Gorbachev's ideal president, but it turned out that he revived Russia and was able to get things turned around greatly. ]]> 2023-04-24 17:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566061661 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566064814 Around one year after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany was reunited as one country. This was widely celebrated as it finally ended Russia and Communism in Germany. ]]> 2023-04-24 17:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566064814 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566071366 After the end of the USSR, 15 countries gain their independence and so does Russia. Each of these countries isn't Communist anymore and all have separate governments. The USSR began to fall when a nuclear power plant blew up and Gorbachev went against his own "glasnost" plan and hid the fallout from his citizens. ]]> 2023-04-24 17:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566071366 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566155396 On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. This was launched because scientist believed it would be the best time to study the Earth and solar system. ]]> 2023-04-24 18:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566155396 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566163126 In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government and became their new leader. He led his troops in guerrilla warfare against Batista's troops and overthrew him. Castro had heavy communist ideas and was a huge win for the Soviet Union as they were now very close to USA. ]]> 2023-04-24 18:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566163126 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566200897 During the Dominican Republics civil war, the US were scared of another communist uprising. In order to forestall this, the US sent troops into the Dominican Republic. ]]> 2023-04-24 19:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566200897 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566212144 As the US realized that South Vietnam was losing the war, they sent 200,000 troops in order to prevent communism from winning. They would try to use this to gain the influence of not only Vietnam, but also other Asian countries so communism wouldn't spread any further. ]]> 2023-04-24 19:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2566212144 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567384790 On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins landed on the moon. This made Americans the first people to step on the moon and still the only successful landing of humans onto the moon. ]]> 2023-04-25 14:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567384790 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567390993 The Pentagon Papers were a series of information released by The New York Times. The Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had expanded its war with the bombing of Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which had been reported by the American media.]]> 2023-04-25 14:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567390993 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567398238 After President Nixon visited China, the leader of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev invited him to the Soviet Union. Here they would sign a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, which would limit certain types of nuclear arms productions.]]> 2023-04-25 15:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567398238 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567406053 In September 1973, a US-supported military coup overthrew the government in Chile. The US government believed that Allende would become closer to socialist countries, such as Cuba and the Soviet Union and they feared that Allende would push Chile into socialism, and therefore lose all of the US investments made in Chile.]]> 2023-04-25 15:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567406053 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567414328 In October 1973, Egypt and Syria planned an attack against Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. This occurred due to Israel hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, in 1967.]]> 2023-04-25 15:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567414328 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567421292 In April, 1975 , due to congress's drastically reduced aid and communists increased aid, South Vietnam fell to North Vietnam. Days before the fall, America evacuated S. Vietnam and American troops. This was the end of the Vietnam War. ]]> 2023-04-25 15:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567421292 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567428817 In February 1976, the Soviet Union helped train forces in Angola to overthrow the US-Supported troops from the capital of Angola and the remaining troops failed to stem the violence. Angola had now fallen to Communism. ]]> 2023-04-25 15:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567428817 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567438834 In January 1979, The US recognized the People's Republic as the formal government of China and resumed diplomatic relations with china after almost 30 years. The US did this to check the power of the Soviet Union.]]> 2023-04-25 15:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567438834 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567447412 In early 1979, China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1978. There was also land in Vietnam that China claimed as its own which sparked tension. This war greatly increased cooperation with the US. ]]> 2023-04-25 15:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567447412 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567455834 When the Shah came to America for cancer treatment in October, Ayatollah incited Iranian militants to attack the U.S. On November 4, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun and its employees were taken captive. This is the Iran Hostage Situation. ]]> 2023-04-25 15:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567455834 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567459323 In December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. The Soviets hoped to prop up the country's communist government.]]> 2023-04-25 15:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567459323 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567465477 On February 22, 1980, the United States beat the Soviet Union 4-3 in a hockey game at the Lake Placid Olympics. It was one of the biggest upsets in sports history. The Americans had lost previously to the Soviet Union 10-3 in their last game before the Olympics.]]> 2023-04-25 15:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567465477 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567470987 In 1980, the United States led a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Jimmy Carter announced that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games. ]]> 2023-04-25 15:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567470987 dcowart24 https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567476113 In 1983, President Ronald Reagan initiated the Strategic Defense Initiative, an anti-ballistic missile program that was designed to shoot down nuclear missiles in space. Specifically built to protect the US from Soviet missiles. ]]> 2023-04-25 15:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dcowart24/twt44m5x63dk9sf4/wish/2567476113