7. NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-
8. Nuclear Arms race(1945-1970)-
-we focused on quality
-Soviets focused on quantity
-made enough bombs to destroy the world
9. Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs-
-invasion of us cia trained cuban exiles into cuba
-tried to kill castro and take over
-castro came into power by overthrowing
-secrectly recruited troops one year before invasion
-April 16th and 17th
-unsuccessful
-promised cuban exiles that they would have air support
-really didn't
10. The Cuban Missile Crisis-
-closest we came to nuclear war
-plane saw missiles in cuba
-we had missiles in turkey
-EX-COMM- Kennedy and advisors try to come up with a solution
-put naval blackade up around cuba to prevent more missiles from arriving in cuba
-Soviets said they would take the missiles out as long as we didn't invade cuba
- we agreed to remove our missiles from Turkey
-two leaders- kennedy and Khrushchev
11. The Berlin Wall--Going Up and Coming Down-
12. Nixon's visit to China-
13. 1970's Peace Attempts-Detente, Salt I, Salt II-
14. Effects of the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan-
-people didn't like the leader of afghanistan
-al qaeda and taliban formed after this
-soviet unions invasion was a failure
-carter prohibited trade with soviet union after invasion
-us boycotted moscow olympic games
15. Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative(Missile Defense System today)-
16. Gorbachev's/Reagan's changing ways-perestroika and glasnost, INF Treaty-
17. The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War-explain how it all went down-
18. The new map of Europe(up to present)-
19. Why the US won the Cold War-
20. Korean Conflict--
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