Korean Tension From Cold War

Tension from the cold war rises as the war progresses. One example of tension from the war is the korean war. All while America was opposing communism and the spread of it South korea was all for it. On the other hand North Korea was Opposing it also so of course america would aid them in pursing that. This is what the whole Korean war was about.

space race cold war incident

During the cold war America and the Soviet Union ended up in a space race. The Soviet Union launched a satellite called sputnik. This satellite made the U.S seem inferior technologically to Russia. The U.S. responded quickly by launching ther satellite called Explorer 1 in 1958 a year after Sputnik"s launch. The world quickly found out that everything between the U.S and Soviet Union would be a competition to found out who was the better nation.

The cuban missle crisis

The Cuban Missle Crisis angered the United States because of Russian bomb placement. The Soviet Union had Missles in Cuba And American Leaders didnt know if those Missles were heading for American Territory. American Leaders sort of made a deal with the soviet union saying. If they took there nuclear weapons out of cuba they wouldnt invaded cuba. The Soviet Union accepted the deal and quickly put an end to the missle Crisis.