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Government officials decided to open the wall to allow the two sides join together. The demolition process started a few years after. It was originally created to prevent socialism in East Europe.
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"Restructuring" of the soviet economic and political system led by Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Made popular by Mikhail Gorbachev, the word means public. This was the slogan for increased government transparency
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USSR 10 year war against Afghan Rebels.
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Détente means the lessening of tensions, the Soviet Union made reforms that got rid of socialism and then eventually the Soviet Union itself.
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The US policy of sending troops to South Vietnam in order for the government to change.
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Replaced Khrushchev as Soviet leader.
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Fulgencio Batista the Cuban dictator at the time was overthrown replaced by Fidel Castro.
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Anti-Soviet demonstrations in Hungary. Khrushchev crushed the revolt though.
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The 34th President of the USA. He was heavily involved in the military and helped during World War 2 as Commander of Allied Forces in Europe.
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UN forces sent in to stop Communist aggression and expansion. The USSR provided war materials to North Korea.
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An organization under the leadership of the Soviet Union that consisted of the Eastern bloc and other communist states in the world.
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Created the US policy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further Soviet aggression.
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"An iron curtain has descended across the continent." What he means by this is that communism is spreading across Europe. Prime minister of the United Kingdom
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Truman demanded free elections in Eastern Europe while Stalin wanted buffer of Communist states in eastern Europe.
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The most notable things that Khrushchev was responsible for were the de-Stalinization of The Soviet Union and supporting the early space program.
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The 35th president and served during the Cold War era. His job was mainly to manage relations with the Soviet Union.
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Through him, Cuba became a one-party socialist state and socialist reforms were implemented in society.
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Cited as the start of the Cold War.
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American foreign policy to stop imperialism during the Cold War.
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The US gave $13 billion in economic support to help European counties flourish after World War 2
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between North American and European states. Their roles are to have mutual defense for each other if they are attacked by an external force
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It was a defense treaty between the Soviet Union and seven other satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the cold war. It was believed to be created because of West Germany joining NATO.
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The Sputnik 1 was released into space by the Soviet Union and was the first artificial Earth satellite. This triggered the space race between the US and Soviet Union.
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A US spy plane called U2 was shot down while in the Soviet Airspace premises. CIA Agent Francis Gary was the pilot but parachuted to safety.
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A Russian soviet pilot and cosmonaut. First man to travel into outer space.
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Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to take down Fidel Castro in Cuba that expanded over three days by the group Brigade 2506.
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The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic and separated East Germany and East Berlin from West Berlin.
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A 13 day confrontation between the US and Soviet Union about missile deployment in Turkey and Italy and consequently resulting in deployment by the Soviet in Cuba. The closest the Cold War came to turning into an all out nuclear war
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International organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts.
