African Independance

There was a major change in Africa during 20 years. Many countries gained independance during these times. Some major countries within this revolution included South Africa, Zimbabwe, Algeria, and Sudan. The leaders of the revolutions were different in different countries. Nelson Mandela was responsibke for South Africa's independance, and Jomo Kenyata was the main headfigure in Kenya's independance.

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

Competitions were about with first man on moon and first nation to have a satellite in space. The competition was between the United States and Russia. They wanted to see who could land on the moon first.. The russians in this competition where winning only because they were ahead of the United States in technology. The Russians were the first to be in space, but United States had the first person to land on the moon because the NASA got funded a lot so they made a better spaceship to land before Russia did. The part of this film that helped me remember this cold war event is when America found out that russia had a man on space; they were devistated. That's one of the things I wouldn't forget. Also the Russians set up the first satellite in space. Something else they competed was they wanted to see who can brake the sound barrier first.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

NATO stands for the (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). The NATO was created by The United States and various European countries. If a country would attack a country that was with NATO, all of those other countries would defend the country.

In response to this, the Warsaw pact was created. In May 1955, the USSR (Old name for Russia) made the Warsaw Treaty to the scare of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO in October 1954. This pact would not be powerful unless the Soviet Union was part of it. Back then, the only two superpowers in the world was the United States and the Soviet Union. Unlike NATO, the Warsaw Pact was getting weaker because of the political scene of Russia towards the 80s and it fully dissolved in the 90s.

The ones who created Warsaw pact were USSR and 8 other communist countries.

The countries in NATO were France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland