Question

Place these Cold War events in the order they occurred.

first:
second:
third:
fourth:
fifth:


options that i am given;

veitnam war
berlin blockade
afghanistan war
cuban missile crisis
SALT I talks

Answer 1

The correct order would be:

First: berlin blockade in 1948.

Second: Vietnam war, that started in 1955.

Third: Cuban missile crisis. in 1962

Fourth: That was SALT I talks. That started in 1969.

Fifth: And the last one is afghanistan war. That started in 2001.

Answer 2

FIRST: berlin blockade in 1948.

SECOND: Cuban missle Crisis

THIRD: Vietnam war

FOURTH: That was SALT I talks.

FIFTH: And the last one is afghanistan war.

1948—Berlin blockade and airlift. Russia closed Berlin to the outside world and several nations airlifted supplies to the city.

1949—North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed to combat the spread of communism in Europe

1950—Korean War begins and lasts three years.

1961—Bay of Pigs incident where CIA-trained Cubans attempted a coup against the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. It ended in total failure

1962—The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviets tried to install nuclear missiles on Cuban soil, and the United States forced them to stop

1965—The ten-year Vietnam War begins. It ends terribly for the United States.

1972—The Cold War antagonists agree to limit nuclear weapons; a major breakthrough in relations (SALT I - Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)

1979—Russia attacks Afghanistan in an effort to protect its pro-communist government there. The war ends ten years later in bitter failure.

1989—The Berlin wall comes down.

1991—The Soviet Union dissolves into fifteen independent republics and the Cold War ends.