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Communists defeat the Chinese Nationalists
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this was Truman's idea of trying to control the very loose nuclear trigger fingered countries
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This was the policy in which America was to help rebuild Europe's economies
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This was President Truman's protection plan for greece and Turkey from communism
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This was when the Communists put a giant blockade around Berlin's city limits and we simpily flew over them and air droppped supplies to the people suffering
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Concil for Mutual Economic Assistance
This was a Communist government welfare system
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This was made to keep world peace but it still could not stop the current rising tensions of nuclear warfare -
This was known as West Germany when it was divided into 4 sectors, and it ended any discussion about East and West Germany re-uniting
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South Korea .vs. North Korea, Anti Communism .vs. Communism
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Joesph Stalin was the Communist leader of the once imperial Soviet union
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This bomb run by the Soviet's was over double the strength of the American atomic bomb, it officially started a nuclear arms race
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Sputnik was a Soviet Union satellite, this was the first artificial satellite ever, this really pushed America to try and compete with the advanced technology of the Soviets.
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The Berlin wall was built a
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The Cuban Missle Crisis was one of the most serious wars that was prevented by pure luck. Castro the Cuban leader had USSR missles armed and ready for deployment but luckily they never were used.
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President Johnson thought that it was nesscesary to send in more troops for the Vietnam War, this really kicked off the war.
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President nixon decided to withdraw the united States troops from the war because North Korea had some of our allies as POW's and we needed them back so we withsrew from the war
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This war known as the Bear Trap was a war that was fought because of high tensions between the two countries, Afghan would take a step and then the Soviet Union would start jogging. It was going back and forth for months before the war actually started
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People went all out against the wall with hammers and picks in an attempt to tear it down, they were successful.
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(no specific month or day) Comecon finally ends because of bad business it ran itself into the ground
