Journal 2

Ahmad

Washington

Period 1

Journal 2

Korean War - 1950-53 (Ch. 17.3) - was the war between South and North Korea, and because alliances other countries were forced to be involved the US helped South and China and Soviet Union fought for the north

Hydrogen Bomb is created/Arms Race - 1952 (Ch. 17.1) - Hydrogen bomb is a nuclear bomb that fission and is established as one of the biggest most dangerous bombs ever made. The Arms Race is when two or more countries fight for who is the most powerful.

Warsaw Pact - 1955 (Ch. 17.1) - was a collective defense in NATO with eight communist states

De-Stalinization - 1956 (Ch. 17.5) - was the process of getting the poltical reformed after the death of Stalin. They had changed a little with their government

Sputnik - 1957 (Ch. 17.1) - was a satellite and was 58 cm in a diameter and was used by the Soviet Union. It was them trying to advance themselves to beat the US in the space race

U-2 Incident - 1960 (Ch. 17.1) was when the US had a spy plane over the Soviet Union and had got shot down. This had showed that the US was spying on the USSR and seem to be that they had a fear of the USSR being a little better than them

Berlin Wall - 1961 (Ch. 17.5) was a barrier that divided Berlin in 1961 to 1989 and was made by Germany