The+cold+war+expands

The cold war expands. 1.September 2, 1949 U.S.A. gets knowledge of soviets having atomic bombs -Mao Zedong communist leader took control of china -Soviets exploded first atomic bomb -Truman soon orders atomic bombs after 2.Dwight D. Eisenhower stockpiled nuclear weapons and was going to the brinkmanship of war -Can U.S. discourage spread of communism 3.Nikita Khrushchev became soviet union leader -Continued to try to spread communism -Polond rioted against soviet rule and got more control over there goverement

4.Gamel Abdel Nasser wanted to build a dam on the Nile river -He opened relation's with communist china and soviet union -U.S. soon offered to help -Nasser nationalized the Suez canal -Britain,France, and Iseral invaided Egypt 5.Eisenhower said they would now use force to help any country that is threatend by communism -Eisenhower's Doctrine was used in 1958 to put down a revolt against American Government in Lebanon -(CIA) helped to get Iran and Guatemala American goverments 6.October 4, 1957 soviets launched satallite Sputnik 1 soon after U.S. educated more scientist and created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -__Apollo 11__ lands on the moon [|Timeline of the Cold War]

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