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The October Revolution
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Discovery of Penicillin
impact that penicillin had upon medicine was profound as once devastating bacterial diseases could now be fought off with the new advent of antibiotics. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
The United States and all of the countries who felt the ripple effects (which were many) learned just how important economic health was. The United States had impacted so much. -
Yalta Conference
Start of Cold War -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
Man-made destructive power like the world had never before known and hardly dared to imagine was suddenly thrust upon us at the end of the Second World War. Nuclear and atomic energy was no longer a theory; it was a weapon, and a weapon that had now actually been used in combat. Nuclear weapons were brought upon, like in the cold war. -
Marshall Plan
US Economic recovery for war town Europe, $13 Billion US loans. -
Berlin Blockade
Soviets blocked entrances to Berlin, allies cannot give supplies to West Berlin -
Berlin Air Lift
US and British airplanes fly supplies into West Berlin. -
Arms Race
USA and USSR compete in building Nuclear Weapons. USSR launched first Atomic Bomb in 1949. -
Korean War
UN forces were sent in to stop Communist aggression and expansion. The USSR supplied material to North Korea. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
March 5, 1953 Moscow, Russia. Big impact in the war. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam Divided, turning them into separate districts, basing off of what side. -
Space Race
USA participated in the space race. -
U-2 Incident
U-2 American Spy Plane shot down by USSR. -
First Man in Space
1941, Yuri Gagarin was just seven years old when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. They won the space race. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
President Kenned gave orders for Bay of Pigs invasion, it failed. -
Berlin Wall
Was built to keep east Germans from fleeing to West Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. -
INF Treaty
Intermediate Range Of Nuclear Forces, USA and USSR use this to rid the people and things of nuclear weapons -
USSR Breakup
The Soviet Union had fallen of December of 1991. It fell, USA wins.
