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He led a successful campaign to make Vietnam independent. He was also president of North Vietnam during the Vietnam war and was a communist leader. -
This was an imaginary barrier that drew a line between the Soviet Union along with their European allies and the West, non-communist areas. This was created because of the political division between the West and the Soviets. This caused a rise in tension because the U.S. believed that the Soviets could influence the nations behind it too easily. -
This was the Soviet's response to the Long Telegram. They said that the U.S. only entered WWII when they knew they could win and came out as a global superpower. They warned that America had come out economically strong and ready for world domination. -
This was the document created by Harry Truman. This said that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
This was the idea that if one nation falls to communism the rest will follow. The U.S. did not want this to happen because they wanted to prevent the spread of communism. -
This proposed that the United States provide economic assistance and restore the infrastructure of postwar Europe. This was signed by President Truman. -
This was caused by the Soviets blocking access to West Berlin from American shipments of goods and cutting off all supplies to West Berlin in hopes they would give in to the communist side in the East. The Americans used planes and airlift goods into West Berlin. This instilled hope and the Soviets later ended the blockade. -
This was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This was formed to safeguard Allie's freedom and security by political and military means. -
This was when North Korea wanted to militarily conquer South Korea. They wanted to unify Korea under the communist regime. -
There were tensions between North and South Korea which led to the North Korean People's Army invaded South Korea. This was an attack at several points along the 38th parallel. The North wanted to take over the South and spread communism and the South did not want communism.
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The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. This ceased hostilities and brought an end to the Korean War. -
This was the alliance between the Soviets and 7 other European countries. This was a defense treaty. -
This was a competition between the Soviets and the U.S. to see who could develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight. This was one of the largest events of the technology race. -
He was a Vietnamese political leader during the Vietnam War. He served as the Southern Vietnamese ruler until his assassination. -
This was a war between communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong and South Vietnam and the U.S. The Viet Cong was a member of the communist guerilla movement. This ended with Vietnam unifying under communist control.
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He was the longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries. He was known for being the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
This was the threat of Mutual Assured Destruction. This theory said that each superpower had enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other. -
Kennedy pledged to strengthen the American military forces. He also promised to take a tougher stance against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
The Vietcong were Vietnamese Communists that were a military branch of the National Liberation Front. They were located in South Vietnam and undermined the South's government. -
The Berlin Wall was created to divide Eastern and Western Berlin. This was built to keep the communist side of East Berlin away from the Western fascists trying to undermine the socialist state. However, this was also to keep the Eastern Berliners in the East and not flee over to the West. -
This was caused by the Americans trying to stop communism in Cuba and so the Soviets began secretly installing missiles into Cuban to launch an attack on the U.S. if it ever came to that. This caused the two superpowers to being on the brink of war. The Soviets wanted to keep communism in Cuba while the Americans did not want a communist power that close to their shores. -
This was a strategy that was aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War. This was when the Americans slowly removed their soldiers with South Vietnam soldiers. -
The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong. This was a huge feat of science and technology and a victory in the Cold War's Space Race. -
This ended the direct combat role of the U.S. in the Vietnam War. This was signed after 4 years of negotiations with the intent to establish peace in Vietnam. -
These were guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries. They fought against non-muslim forces. -
The Soviets military intervened in Afghanistan and launched an invasion there in support of the pro-soviet government. The Afghans did not want their help and wanted to work it out on their own. This launched tensions between the Soviets and Afganistan.
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This was the Strategic Defense Initiative. This was proposed to defend the U.S. from Nuclear attacks. -
He was a leader of the Soviet Union during the end of the USSR and the Cold War. He believed in creating reforms that were geared towards private property ownership. -
The Soviets were in trouble economically and internationally. This was worsened by their involvement in the Afghan war. Therefore, Gorbachev decided to withdraw from Afghanistan. -
The Berlin Wall fell when the head of the East German Communist party said that the citizens could cross the border when they pleased. Through political reforms inside the Soviet area and the pressure of people in the East wanting to leave, they opened the border. This led to people breaking and tearing down the wall and uniting Berlin again. -
This was a regional intergovernmental organization. This focused on the cooperation on political, economic, environmental, humanitarian, cultural, and other issues between a number of former Soviet Republics. -
This was a USSR baseball-sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. This caused the USSR to lead the Cold War's Space Race at the time.