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Curator’s OfficeI’m Allegra Ibarra and I am enrolled at Clear Springs High School. My information is about the Cold war during 1967-1978.

Allegra Ibarra

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"The USS Pueblo, shown underway at sea, was captured in 1968 by North Korean patrol boats with 83 men..." Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2004. World History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

On January 23,1968, North Korea captures American USS Pueblo. North Korea claim the USS Pueblo was intruding territorial waters and the ship and crew were held captive for 11 months. On December 23, 1968, after the USA signed an apology for espionage against the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the crew members were released. The ship is currently in North Korea as a national museum.

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North Korea Captures USS Pueblo

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Soviet troops from Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and East Germany invade Czechoslovakia on the night of August 20 and 21st, 1968. They invaded to crush the “Prague Spring”. Prague Spring was a time of peace in Czechoslovakia when the government was not communist.

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Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia

"Neil Armstrong, American astronaut." Gale World History in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. World

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Soviets and American during the cold war also fought about outer space. On May 25,1961 President Kennedy announced the Space Race. This also began partly because the soviets had deployed the Sputnik in space on October 4,1957Soviets had the first man in space, Yuri Gagar.America was working on the Apollo project though and on December 21,1968 Apollo 11 allowed the first people to leave Earths orbit. Then on July16,1969 aboard Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.

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Space Race

"SALT 1 Signed." Scratchpad. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, these talks were between America and the Soviet Union. The Soviets and Americans negotiated limits and restraints about the missiles and weapons allowed to be used during the war. This led to many treaties and agreements. SALT 1 led to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty which limited ballistic missiles. SALT 1 was signed on May 26,1972

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SALT 1 is Signed

"RememberedSky.com." RememberedSkycom. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

On January 23,1973, American President Nixon ordered a cease fire between America and Vietnam. All American Soldiers were to withdraw and all American Prisoners were to be released with in a 60 day time period. By April 30,1975, Vietnam was reunited as a whole country.

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Cease-Fire in Vietnam

On August 9,1974, American President Nixon resigns from office. He was said to have caused the Watergate Scandal which had began several years before his resignation. Watergate was illegal activities in the government, these were supposedly caused by Nixon's administrators. On September 8,1974, the new American President, Gerald Ford, pardoned Nixon of all accusations.

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President Nixon Resigns

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After the end of the Vietnam war, North Vietnam and South Vietnam reunified. First they established contacts between the south and north populations, then on April 24, 1976, a new National Assembly was formed and voting for government began. On June 24, 1976, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was officially formed. Communis comes to power.

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Socialist Republic Of Vietnam

On October 6,1973, Egyptian and Syrian military forces attacked Israel on the holiest Jewish day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. Egypt and Syria were trying to get back territory lost in previous battles. On October 25,1973, a cease-fire was called. Israel won.

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Yom Kippur War

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The Camp David Accords were Americas attempt at peace in the Middle East. Camp David accords is a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt to prevent further war. The Camp David Accords were signed in 1979.

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Camp David Accords

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In October 1973, members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries(OAPEC) declared an oil embargo.(*members: OPEC countries plus Egypt, Tunisia, and Syria) When the embargo ended in March of 1974, oil prices had risen 9 US dollars per barrel.

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Arab Oil Embargo

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After the falling between the Soviet Union and The Peoples Republic of China, America swooped in to create newer, better relations with China. From February 21-28,1972, President Nixon and several other Americans left for Beijing, China. After this “week that changed the world” The United States of America and The Peoples Republic of China had better relations, AGAINST The Soviet Union.

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Sino-US Relations

Black September is when Civil war broke out in September 1970 in Jordan. This was fought between the two Jordan populations: Palestinians represented by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the native Jordanians represented by the Jordanian Armed Forces. The Jordanian military proceeded to gain a victory.

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Black September in Jordan

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Neue ostpolitik which means new eastern policy, was what was happening when the Federal Republic of Germany(West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic of Germany(Eastern Germany) decide to cooperate. This began in 1969 to start to normalize relations between the two split aide of Germany.

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Ostpolitik

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On November 21, 1972, the second round of SALT talks began in Geneva. SALT II was going to be set to replace Interim Agreement with a long-term treaty. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II was signed in Vienna on June 18,1979.

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SALT II Talks Begin

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The nuclear non-proliferation treaty was set to pledge cooperation in the spreading of nuclear technology. The nuclear non-proliferation treaty was signed by major nuclear power countries such as America and the Soviet Union, and also by minor nuclear countries.

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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The mutual and balanced force reductions were set to discuss the agreement on disbarment and control of forces in Federal Republic of Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland territory. America, England, Canada, and the USSR attended these talks. The MBFR talks lasted from 1973-1989

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Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions

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SEATO, or the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, was in play for 22 years. It was a defense treaty for southeast Asia., formed in 1954. It closes after its last military exercise on February 20, 1976.

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SEATO Disbands

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On June 20, 1963 in Geneva, America and the Soviet Union made an agreement called the Hot-Line Agreement. It installed direct communications between Moscow and Washington for emergency use. It was signed to reduce nuclear war. Later on satellite circuits were added to the line, in September 30, 1971 and then the accord was newly signed on July 17, 1984. this replaced the 1963 agreement.

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Hot-Line Agreement