Berlin Wall: The west section of Berlin was Democratic, and the East was Communist, so many people were leaving the east to go to the west. The Communists put up a wall to prevent this from continuing, and anyone who tried to go over was shot. The wall eventually came down after the president of Russia declared he wouldn't be dealing with it anymore.
Berlin Crisis Blockade and Air Lift: After WWII Germany was split up into 4 zones. Berlin, the capitol of Germany, was also split into 4 zones although it was in the USSR section of Germany. Stalin blockaded the roads leading into Berlin so the Allies couldn't bring supplies into the city, but the Allies still brought in supplies by air. Stalin lifted the blockade, but eventually the wall was put up.
We talked about the Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race: A race between the US and the USSR to put a man on the moon. It began when the USSR launched Sputnik. Following this, the US began putting more money into NASA, and started pushing math and science in schools.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go to space.
JFK gave the Moonshot speech in 1960
The US was the 1st country to put a man on the moon.
By the 1970's space shuttles were the only form of manned space travel the US used.
Following the Cold War, there was a joint mission between many countries, creating the ISS and the Hubble telescope.
McCarthyism: Our fear of communism affected every decision we made during that time.
Bay of Pigs: An invasion of Cuba by the U.S. with 1500 soldiers to overthrow Fidel Castro, the communist leader of Cuba. The U.S. was hoping that the people of Cuba would help in the overthrowing of the government. That didn't happen, and the Cubans fought back against the U.S. embarrassing them.
Korean War: An unofficial war. Korea was split in two after WWII, the north was communist and invaded the democratic south. The U.S. became involved and pushed North Korea all the way back up into China.
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