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US and Canada and 9 other countries formed an alliance they pledged to help each other out if any of them were attacked (North Alantic Treaty Organization).
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Beggining at the end of WW 2. US and Soviet Union began a race to matchor top each other's new wepons.the result was a "balance of terror" people lived in constant fear of nuclear dastruction. In 1970 Americans and Soviet arms control agreement led to an era of Detente which was a relaxation of tensions.
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communist forces in China led by Mao's zedong fought a civil war against the nationalist led dy Jiang Jieshi, Mao's forces had won and they set up the people's republic of China this republic discouraged use of Buddhism, Confucianism and other traditional Chinese ways.
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Korea was divided into 2 -Comunist North Korea led by Kim il Sung - NonComunist South Korea led by Syngman Rhee. N. Korea attacked the south in July the US steped in to help south Korea.
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comunists -Ho Chi Minh Led North Vietnam
Non comunists - Ngo Dinh Diem ruled South Vietnam
By the earlyer 1960's communists guerrilla fighters from the North appeared in the jungles of the South
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Soviet union responded to N.A.T.O. by forming it's own alliance called the warsaw pact. Soviets restored to keep their satellites in order.
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fidel castro took over the country and transtormed it into communist. known as the Calsan Reslution. Missle Crisis- Soviet union sent nuclear missiles to Cuba. President Kennedy Drdered a a and to preuent further shipments and demanded thet the Soviet Union remove the missles. this caused the world to fear a nuclear war. Eventually they removed the missles.
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Berlin was split into 2 sections- Weat Berlin being democratic. East Berlin being communist.In 1961 East Germany built a wall that sealed off west Berlin. The wall was built to keep people from fleeing.
