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This was a meeting for the Big Three. This is the start of the Cold War.
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This stated that the US would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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This was a plan that was used to aid the countries of Western Europe that were recovering from WWII. The U.S. gave 13 billion dollars which is the equivalent of 130 billion dollars.
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Soviets blocked all trade and shipping to and from Berlin.
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U.S. and British airplanes flew supplies into West Berlin. 200,000 flights were made and 1.5 million tons of supplies were dropped down.
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NATO is a anti-war group that defends any countries that may get in the way of an invading country. They are also called the North Atlantic Alliance.
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This war was fought between the North and the South of Korea. It was fought to prevent the spread of communism.
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When he was 73 years old, Joseph died of cerebral hemorrhaging at 9:50 p.m.
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He came to power after the death of Stalin. When he came to power, he started a plan of destalinization. This involved getting rid of Stalin's harsh policies.
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This was a war in Vietnam. It was between the Northern Communists and the Southern democrats.
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A U.S. spy plane was shot down when in Russian Airspace.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower decided to close the embassy in Havana and sever diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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The United States trained several Cuban exiles to fight. They then sent all these people to invade Cuba and attempt to take over Cuban government.
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The American Pilot of the U-2 is exchanged for senior KGB spy Rudolf Abel.
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USSR started to bring Nuclear weapons to Cuba. President John F. Kennedy ordered US to block all Cuban ports in order to stop Nukes from making it onto the Carribean Island.
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Soviets had a 10 year war against Afghan rebels.
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This is a treaty saying that USSR had to draw back nuclear forces.
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He was the president of the Soviet Union. He made several changes including, Glasnost, the freedom of expression, Perestrokia, gradual changing of Soviet Economy, and made several military cutbacks.
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this event was in 1990. The Soviet East Germany reunified with West Germany to make one big Germany again
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The Soviets broke up into 15 separate republics.
