FAME '10 Decades Project - 1990's

The cold war was 60 years of fear and competition. The cold war started in ’47 and ended ’91. The events took place in the USA, Russia, Vietnam, Korea, and Cuba. It was a race between America and U.S.S.R (Russia).Some events during the cold war are The Berlin Airlift, Forming of NATO, The Korean War, Cuba became a Communist country, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Vietnam War and the Berlin wall falling. From the war we managed to get the first man on the moon, to put satellite into space and overall proved that 2 nations can keep the whole world in fear.

The effects of the cold war have been tremendous. We now can send people up to the moon. We can see what’s going on in the space and even in distant planets. The bombs that were made are now nothing compared to the h-bombs that were created by the cold war. NATO and The Warsaw Pact were formed. America became the sole superpower of the world. The favorite effect from the American side is that Communism collapsed worldwide.

The cold war is one of the most important Wars America has been in. the war lasted 60 years, but in that 60 years we got lots done. There was a two week period America lived in fear of getting wiped of the surface of the earth. I also think that since after the Cold War that communism died down, that made America very happy. America is now and forever the strongest country after the cold war. That is what makes the Cold War very significant.