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Brinkman ship breaks down

• the nations that did it was the United States and the Soviet Union
• it was in the United States
• 1960 U-2 accident prevent a meeting between the United States and the Soviet Union
• then in the 1960's nuclear weapons= real possibility
• Soviet ships turned back to avoid confrontation at sea
• present Kennedy was assassinated
• In 1963 Lyndon Johnson became president
• U.S involvement in the war in Vietnam
• the United States backed away from confrontation from Soviet Union
• Kennedy secretary came to a disaster

Source:en.wikipedia.org

Berlin Wall

• who; Joseph Stalin
• where: Germany
• the East Germany decides to close the German border
• construction of Berlin wall began August 17
• 37,800 people successfully traversed from east to west
• blockade ended in may 12, 1949 and Soviet Union gave in two planes
•  Berlin wall complex system of wall, trenches, and watchtowers
• it divided east and west Berlin
• 5,000 people escaped from east to west, 200 people died trying to escape
• in 1961 the Berlin wall border closed

Source:library.thinkquest.org

The Space Race

• who: Soviet Union and United States
• where: space
• in 1960 the Corna program began
• in October1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite
• in 1958 NASA was created
• Gemini 3 launched on march 23, 1965 first multi person space flight of United States
• NASA launched Apollo 8 on December 21, 1968
• Apollo 11 mission began with its launched in 1969

Sources:www.nebraskastudies.com

Czechoslovakia Uprising

• who: Alexander Dubeck
• where: Czechoslovakia
• Dubeck established a socialistic democracy
• troops from Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Poland occupied Czechoslovakia
• the government declared invasion
• 1968 they had a political, economic, social problems
• Dubeck was replaced with Gustav Husak
• Soviet led Warsaw pact troops to invade
• Duback taken to Moscow to make concession 

Source:coldwarevents.wikispaces.com

The Cuban Missile Crisis

• who:Soviet and United states
• Where:Cuba
• Soviet Union began to send weapons and military to Cuba
• bay pigs invasion
• president Kennedy sent an investigating team to Cuba
• Sept 4, a secret message between Soviet Union and United States
• the press sectary released the white house policy
• Sept 20, the U.S senate passed to end aggression in Cuba
• Oct 28, Nikita Khrushchev accepted presidents Kennedy terms (Cuban missile crisis came to an end)

Sources:www.history.navy.mil