THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Nikita Khrushchev’s replacement as Soviet dictator
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Election of Richard Nixon
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Mai Lai Massacre
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is generally believed that the Soviets’ humiliation in Cuba played an important part in Khrushchev’s fall from power in October 1964 and in the Soviet Union’s determination to achieve, at the least, a nuclear parity with the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the early 1960s however, Khrushchev’s popularity was eroded by flaws in his policies, as well as his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This emboldened his potential opponents, who quietly rose in strength and deposed him in October 1964.
Detailed explanation-3: -In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.