• Berlin Blockade 1948
• Kennedy visited West Berlin 1961

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Questions to ponder

1. Why was massive airlift carried out in Berlin?
2. What did Kennedy mean by "Let them come to Berlin"?

• Confrontations in Eastern Europe and Asia (Korea and Vietnam)

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Questions to ponder

1. Why did the Soviet Union suppress the uprisings in Eastern Europe after 1945?
2. How were the "hot wars" in Korea and Vietnam related to the Cold War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
• Arms Race between the capitalist and communist blocs

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Questions to ponder

1. Why did the USA oppose the construction of the Cuban missile base?
2. How did Kennedy respond to this challenge?
3. Did war break out at last? Why?

• China in the Cultural Revolution, around 1966-1976

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Question to ponder

1. Why were people so enthusiastic in the video clip?

• Atomic bomb testing by USA 1946

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Questions to ponder

1. Why did people enter the testing zone without any protection?
2. Do you know what happened to them later?