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US sponsored programs to help boost the economy in European countries to prevent the sprend of Communism
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A policy set by President Truman stating the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from becoming Communist.
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Military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty to, as a group, defend attacks from other countries on the ones in the NATO.
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A war between North and South Korea, North being supported by the People's Rebublic of China and the South being supported by the United Nations
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Detonates first thermonuclear bomb that was 1000 times bigger than normal nuclear weapons. Also gave the US a short-lived advantage in nuclear arms race with Soviet Union
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A mutual denfense treaty between the Soviet union and 7 other europe satellites, also putting the Soviets in control of the armed forces in those 7 countries.
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War between the Nationalist forces and the US, where the Nationalist forces tried to unite Vietnam under and communist government and the US trying to stop that spread of communism.
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The first earth satellite to orbit earth. It also had 4 external radio antennae to transmit radio pulses. Also started the space race between US and USSR.
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Nikita became the first USSR leader to visit the US. Main goal of the visit was to meet with Eisenhower and make peace betweens the two countries.
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An unsuccessful attempt by US exiles to land on Cuba and overthrown Fidel Castro.
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A barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic tocompletly cut off West Berlin from east Germany and east Berlin.
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A 13 day confrontation with the Soviets and Cuba on one side and the US on the other, about the installation of USSR nuclear weapons on Cuba.
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Started when Israel launched attacks on Egypt air-fields and a period of high tension. Israel concludedly took the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria.
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Although people had already gone into space, on this date the first person stepped on the moon, beating the Russian who were thought at the begining to do it first.
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Marked the first time a US citizen had visited the People's Republic of China. Nixion as made the journey to strengthen the relationship between the 2 countries.
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Treaty that limited the amount of armed missile both the US and Russia could have.
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USSR invaded Afghanistan during there Civil war. The war then turned to Soviet-led Afghan troops against the mujahideen. The mugahideen then got training and aid from other countries like the US, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabi.
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A agreement between the USSR and the US to eliminate their intermidiate and shorter range missiles.
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The East Germans fled to West Germany through Hungary's border. Then through the East Germans peaceful protests, the West and East finally gave in and united.
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By the declaration number 142-H, the Soviet Union acknowledged the independence of the 15 republics. Then after Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned, the Soviet flag was lowered and the Russian flag was raised.
