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Cold War 1950-1958
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Cold War 1950-1958
1950
1957
1956
Sputnik launched into orbit
- October 4th
- first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit by the Soviet Union
- triggered the Space Race
Korean War Begins
Hungarian Rebellion
- a revolt against government and it's soviet- imposed policies
- October 23 - November 10
Egypt took control of Suez Canal
- a conflict between Communist and non-communist forces
- Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into North and South Korea
1958
- US refused to help
- Egypt and the UK signed a contract that resulted in no British forces in the canal area, so Egypt took control of the Britsh installations
Khrushchev demands withdrawl of troops from Berlin
BY:
Sarah Jean, Lizzie, Sydney, and that one kid named Tristiyee
1953
- Khrushchev was the first secretary of the communist party (1953-1954)
- the withdrawal was meant to patch up fragments of cities and bring them back to their countries
1955
Korean War ends in July
- armistice signed and formally ended the war
1951
Warsaw pact formed
Federal Civil Defense Administration established
- May 14th
- the military compliment to the council for mutual economic assistance
- organized by President Harry S. Truman on December 1,1950
- became official January 12, 1951
- focused on evacuation as a strategy
1954
KGB established in March
- Committee for State Security for the Soviet Union
- collapsed in 1991
CIA helps overthrow bad regimes in Iran and Guatemala
Vietnam split at the 17th parallel
- a circle of latitude either north or south of the equator
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