Cold War
- Main goal of the USSR in the Cold War was to spread communism
- Ronald Reagan did very well in making our relationship with the USSR better, our worst relationship was during the 60s.
- Gorbachev- First and only communist president, big into Desalinization, known for a lot of political and economic reforms.
- McCarthy- carried around a book of alleged communist, McCarthyism,
- Bay of Pigs- JFK went in to Cuba with the intent to remove Castro and his party but we failed and looked stupid
- Cuban Missal Crisis- USSR put missals in Cuba facing towards the US. roughest period of time during The Cold War
- Space Race- USSR was the first to send Sputnik into space and a dog but then we ended up beginning the first to have a person walk on the moon.
- Communism- equality in government
- Socialism- equality in the economy
- KGB- equivalent to our CIA
- Detente- relaxing period, easing of tension
- Peaceful Coexistence- The USSR and America could both exist without conflict
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