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Postsdam Conference
: The conference was held on July 17 to Aug 2 1945 Paragraph:The Potsdam Conference was a big meeting discussing peace settlements for Europe.The meeting was held by President Harry .S Truman , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and soviet premier Joseph Stalin. -
Truman Doctrine
On March 22 1947 Harry S. Truman declared immediate economic and military aid to the government of Greece. The US and Soviet struggled to reach a balance of power during the cold war. Great Britain could no longer afford to aid mediterranean countries which the west feared were danger of falling under the Soviet influence.The doctrine was seen an open declaration of the cold war. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan started April 1948- Dec 1951 Paragraph:The US sponsored the program and designed to rehabillitate economics 17 western and southern. The US helped Europe with a come back when the war had ended.They had very little of everything and the US gave them money.It aided Western Europe in which the US gave over 12 billion in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the war had ended (Marshall Plan). -
NATO
Date: NATO began 1950 Paragraph: NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty , which is a political and military alliance between the us, Canada , and other European countries. NATO changed its members in 19191. NATO had 4 stages In the 1st stage finances .The 2nd stage consist of building military,weapons ,alliances.The third phase was the era of detente this meant easing tensions. -
NATO 1
his increased cooperation and trade with the soviet union.This ended in 1979.The fourth and final phase it was a big amount of tension because the us planted missiles everywhere and moved afghan rebels to the Mediterranean sea as stated in the NATO excerpt 5Th paragraph.After all phases NATO still remained strong.In July 1990 NATO signed a treaty/declared that they were no longer adversaries (enemy,rival,opponents) as said in the last paragragh (“NATO”). -
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Suez Crisis
The Suez started in the middle.he Suez C. was provoked by American and British.They decided not to finance Egypt.They decided this because Egypt promised to pay/finance their construction of Aswan Dam. Having ships pay when passing by costed and he predicted it would pay for Dam’s construction within 5 years.When they were no longer finaned -
The Hungarian Revolution
Date:The active fighting broke out in Hungary Oct 1956. Paragraph:The speech was done by Soviet leader L. Nikita Khrushchev.In 1956 he attcked a period Joseph Stalin’s rule. People actually did like his rule and were encouraged by new freedom of debates and criticism.On nov 4 1946 the Soviet invaded Hungary to stop the revolution and Stalin’s domination and exploitation (unfair treatments ) did not return (Hungarian Revolution). -
Space Race / Sputnik 2
In 1990 presidental election.The Cuban Misssile crisis of 1962 reminded both side on the dangers of the weapons they were developing
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Space Race / Sputnik
The space race started Oct, 4th 1957 and was the Earth’ s first satellite.The race involved countries such as the Soviet U, The US, Russia,and Germany.All countries were invovled in the race.America lacked far behind in technological capability and space problems.The Space Race had lots to do with the Cold War.At the end America was successful in the “Missile Gap”. -
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Cuban Missile
Oct.22 1962 Kennedy told Americans about the presence of the missiles blockade and ended Oct 26 Paragraph:As stated in the excerpt the US agreed to the Soviet to remove the Cuban Missiles in exchange for the US promising not to invade Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Date: The Cuban Missile started oct.22 1962 Kennedy told Americans about the presence of the missiles blockade and ended oct 26 Paragraph:As stated in the excerpt the US agreed to the Soviet to remove the Cuban Missiles in exchange for the US promising not to invade Cuba.Nuclear rivalry between US and Soviet Union weapons targeted towards the Soviet. -
Cuban Missile Crisis 2
his happened because they were most dominant and had promised to remove the missiles and it also was a hostile relationship between Cuba and the US.Kennedy launched attacks on the island and failed Bay of Pigs and Khrushchev saw missiles as a means of deterring US aggression.At the end on Oct 26 Khrushchev sent a letter to Kennedy saying that if Kennedy remove all of his missiles then a promise by US leaders was not to invade Cuba and the USSR would take apart there missiles -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Date: The Cuban Missile started oct.22 1962 Kennedy told Americans about the presence of the missiles blockade and ended oct 26 Paragraph:As stated in the excerpt the US agreed to the Soviet to remove the Cuban Missiles in exchange for the US promising not to invade Cuba.Nuclear rivalry between US and Soviet Union weapons targeted towards the Soviet -
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Cuban Missile 2
It happened because they were most dominant and had promised to remove the missiles and it also was a hostile relationship b/t Cuba and the US.Kennedy launched attacks on the island and failed Bay of Pigs and Khrush saw missiles as a means of deterring US aggression. -
Potsdam Conference 2
The main concern was The Administration of defeated Germany and the continuing military campaign against Japan.At the conference They talked about giving the German people the opportunity to prepare for eventual reconstruction in their life on a democratic and peaceful bases. -
Potsdam Conference 3
At the end of the conference each country was more concerned about themselves , most of Eastern Europe was communist and Stalin did not want allies to interfere in the region , and that was the last allied meeting they had according to the Potsdam Conference excerpt (“Potsdam Conference”). -
Warsaw Pact 2
At the end pf the pact they came across agreements and the Warsaw Pacts’s military structure was over. On March 31 1991 (“Warsaw Pact”). -
Korean War 2
They finally signed an agreement on July 27th 1953 about North and South Korea’s boundaries. The feud ended in 1953 and the war took lives of 1,300,000 South Koreans, 1,000,000 chinese people, 500,000 North Koreans , and 37,000 Americans and Korea remained divided until the 21 century (“Korean War”). -
Perestroika
Date: Glasnot started in the mid 1980s. Glasnot means openness in Russia. It refers to the soviet Union’s policy and how they opened the discussion of policy and social issues.Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev started the policy in the late 1980s.He introduced the Perestroika program aimed at restructuring soviet economic and the political party (Perestroika) -
The Yalta Conference
The conference was held on feb. 4-11 1945.People were involved were president Franklin D Roosevelt (US), Prime minister Winston Chruchill (of the United Kingdom), and premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. At the end of World War ll the leaders of the allied countries gathered at the Yalta Crimea to blame the final defeat/ divison of Nazi Germany. -
Yalta conference 2
lso dealing with issues relating to Eastern Europe, Poland, and Far east and with the creation of the US.They wanted to abolish the German military (communist) and Stalin said it would be free elections in Poland and other places.Turns out at the end of the war there were little western democrats (Yalta Conference). -
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Cuban Missile 3
At the end on Oct 26 Khrushchev sent a letter to Kennedy saying that if Kennedy remove all of his missiles then a promise by US leaders was not to invade Cuba and the USSR would take apart there missiles.They both ended up accepting. (History.com staff). -
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Suez Crisis
by the Americans and British Nassar reacted and declared material laws in canal zones and seizing control on the company : On british and America. On Oct 29 1956 10 Israeli invaded Egypt going to the canal making military go away. Dec 22 the UN evacuated British and French troops. French troops and Israeli troops withdrew in March 1957 (Suez Crisis). -
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Vietnam War
Date: The conflict started in Southeast Asia and began in 1954 after South and North Vietnam were split into two. Paragraph:The two were divided and controlled by two different people/leaders.North Vietnamese army trained and supported the south (communist rebels). Communist fighters from the north joined and the US supported Diem’s South Vietnam because they hated communism.The US trained south Vietnamese.There were also harsh treatme -
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Vietnam War 2
. Southern and Northern Vietnam fought because North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country into communism and Southern Vietnam fought so that would not happen.In 1968 President Johnson ended the war, and peace was a goal.It did not happen right away but on Jan 1973 both North and South signed an agreement to stop fighting (Vietnam War). -
Glasnot
.It happened because they wanted to maintain the status quo. Glasnot enlarged individuals freedom of emotion to publish and elections began to happen ( Glasnot ). -
The Korean War
Date:The Korean War began on June 25th 1990 North Korea and South Korea fought The Korean War from June 1990 July 1953. June 1990 June 25th North Korea supported soviets and attacked southwards across the 38th parallel which started the war. The Soviet took over the soviet Union, and the U.S wanted to reunite them but the North refused to allow people to vote on a new government. -
Warsaw Pact
Date: The Warsaw Pact started May 1955 - July 1 1991 between the Soviet Union and E.Europe.The Soviet Union wanted to create a strong defense alliance in response to NATO East Europe and they moved weapons and troops in Eastern Europe.The purpose was to strengthen the hold of the soviet union Eastern Europe satellites and also to prevent them from getting close ties with the west as stated in the second paragraph.
