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Yalta Conference
A meeting between the Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. The leaders planned the final stages of WW2 and agreed on the subsequent territorial division of Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
The principal that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. -
Marshall Plan
A program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after WWII -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access tot he sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Korean War
The war between North and South Korea because North Communism was trying to expand to the South. -
Vietnam War
A war between Communist North Vietnam and US-backed South Vietnam. -
U-2 Incident
The U-2 incident happened during the Cold War, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was the US President and Nikita Khrushchev was Premier of the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall
A heavily guarded wall built on the boundary between East and West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the closest approach to nuclear was at any time between the US and the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet Union sent hundred of troops in to Afghanistan. They invaded Afghanistan to prop up the communist government.
