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Students will use this self-paced hyperdoc to understand how international conflict created tensions between the US and the Soviet Union.
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Standard 5-5.1
5-5.1 - Explain the causes and the course of the Cold War between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States, including McCarthyism, the spread of communism, the Korean Conflict, Sputnik, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War.
Grade(s): 5
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
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Vietnam War Ewell Gilbert "Buddy" Sturgis Jr. — During the Vietnam War, Buddy Sturgis volunteered and served with the Navy's elite River Patrol Force special warfare group, where he earned his "Black...