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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Portrait Gallery explores presidential actions during the Cold War. Click on Dwight D. Eisenhower to see how the Cold War was developing and being handled during his presidency. Find out about the Communist...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cuban Foreign Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents on Cuban's international relations, focusing on its relationship with the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962-a major confrontation that brought the Soviet Union and the United States close to war over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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Nuclearfiles.org: 20 Mishaps and Possible Nuclear War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read summaries of 20 accidents that moved the United States and USSR dangerously close to "mutually assured destruction" and nuclear war during the Cold War. A chilling reminder of the constant threat faced by all during that period of...
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Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Developing the Hydrogen Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to seven different documents regarding the hydrogen bomb and its development during the Cold War. Excellent resource.