Events of the Cold War

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Events of the Cold War
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Destalization

• Stalin died and new Soviet leader (Khrushchev)
  wanted to purge Russia of his memory

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Leaders

• United States
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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Hungarian Revolution

• Protesters overthrew Soviet controlled government
• Soviet troops invaded and installed a pro-soviet
  government

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Leaders

• United States
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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Sputnik

• Soviets launched the first satellite into outer
  space
• This created a competition in space exploration
  Space Race

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Leaders

• United States
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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China Splits with Soviets

• China was committed to communism but wanted to be
  free from the USSRs shadow
• Russia cut off economic aid to China

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Leaders

• United States
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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Berlin Wall

• East Germany built a wall dividing Berlin
• Wanted to keep East Germans from escaping to West
  Berlin and West Germany

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Leaders

• United States
• John F. Kennedy

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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Cuban Missile Crisis

• Soviets were attempting to arm Cuba with long
  range missiles
• American forces staged a blockade until the
  Soviets backed down

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Leaders

• United States
• John F. Kennedy

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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Vietnam War

• Soviets backed the communist North Vietnam
• Americans backed the pro democratic South Vietnam

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Leaders

• United States
• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Soviet Union
• Nikita Khrushchev

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Revolt in Czechoslovakia

• Warsaw Pact forces invaded Prague, Czechoslovakia
  to keep the country from rejecting communism

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Leaders

• United States
• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Soviet Union
• Leonid Brezhnev

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Detente

• A policy of lessening tensions
• Replaced Brinkmanship

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Leaders

• United States
• Richard M. Nixon

• Soviet Union
• Leonid Brezhnev

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SALT

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• Sought to limit how many missiles each country
  (US and USSR) had

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Leaders

• United States
• Richard M. Nixon

• Soviet Union
• Leonid Brezhnev

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1980 Winter Olympics

• Competition carried over into the Olympics with
  threats of boycotts
• 1980 Lake Placid Games, the US Hockey team
  defeated USSR
• Huge morale boost

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Leaders

• United States
• Jimmy Carter

• Soviet Union
• Leonid Brezhnev