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Five Main Events of the Cold War
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Cold War Key Events
Sara Hartson
Educational Technology
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Containment of Russia
Event 1
At the end of World War II, the majority of American leadership was in agreement that the most viable approach against the political and militaristic expansion of the Soviet Union was to implement a containment strategy that would help keep the Soviet expansion in check. President Trueman made the containment of the Soviet Union a top priority, thus laying out the ground work for the Cold War by laying out the groundwork for the Cold War by introducing domestic policies that centered on undermining communism in the United States.
Started in USA
President Truman really started to crack down on the containment in Russia in 1947.
Place
Arms Race between the USA and Russia
Event 2
The Soviet Union and the United states kept trying to one up each other by creating more and more powerful and increasingly sophisticated weapons, like the atomic bomb. The arms race was an effort to develop nuclear weapons similar to the atom bombs. The Soviet Union started to make atomic bombs in 1949, thus leading to the US wanting to one up them, so they then created something even worse known as the Hydrogen bomb.
Invention of the Hydrogen Bomb
Event 3
The first successful detonation of an American-made hydrogen device occurred on November 1, 1952, in the Pacific region on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This blast decimated nearby islands and made the fear of hydrogen bombs skyrocket after the damage this test did. After the US had a successful test run the Soviet Union rushed to make their own hydrogen nuclear weapons.
Space Exploration
Event 4
The Cold War also resulted in a technological competition between the Soviets and the U.S. On October 4, 1957, this space-race began when a Soviet satellite named Sputnik was launched into orbit. The launch of Sputnik represented the ever-growing power of the Soviet Union and highlighted that the U.S. was starting to fall behind in the technology-driven space race. In response, the United States Army launched Explorer I into space on January 1, 1958. The space race highlights a period of the Cold War where both the Soviet Union and the U.S. aimed to boost the morale of their citizens by showcasing their technological innovations.
American Accomplishments
Creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by President Dwight Eisenhower. Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the surface of the moon, claiming American victory in the space race.
United States
Soviet Union Accomplishments
Soviets remained in the lead, managing to launch the first manned space mission in April 1961.
Soviet Union
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Event 5
Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall was designed by the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic as a means of curtailing the flow of East German migrants into democratic West Germany. The Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Iron Curtain. In November of 1989, the Berlin Wall, a famous symbol of communism throughout the world, was demolished by Berlin natives who were given permission to cross the border on November 9, 1989. By October 3, 1990, East and West Germany reunified.