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A conference between “The Big 3” (FDR, Stalin, and Churchill)
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Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Allies, which ended WW2 in Europe.
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An agreement was reached on how to punish Germany. The “5 D’s“ were agreed. (demilitarization, denazification, democratization, decentralization, and deindustrialization).
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President Truman had set out to drop a bomb on Japan as revenge for Pearl Harbor. It killed roughly 80,000.
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Second bomb on Japan by US. This bomb killed around 70,000
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During the Yalta conference, Stalin had promised that he would go to war with Japan, once Germany was defeated.
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A foreign policy that was intended to stop Soviet expansion.
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The communist party of Czechoslovakia was supported by the soviets. This alarmed the western countries, as they were already weary of a communist takeover.
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Created to investigate federal employees to make sure that none of them were spies.
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The US sent money to Western Europe to help them build their economy and recover from WW2. The goal was to help get rid of trade barriers and prevent the spread of communism.
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Soviet Union attempted to prevent the allies from accessing certain parts of Berlin. Berlin was forced to use air travel to get their supplies. This blockage deeply hurt berlins economy and lasted 11 months.
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NATO = The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was created by the US, Canada, and other countries in Western Europe. It was a peaceful military alliance intended to hold off against the Soviet Union.
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The US was falling behind in the developments of atomic bombs, so Truman requested one be made. This bomb was estimated to be way more powerful than those dropped on Japan.
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First military action of the Cold War. America supported South Korea. For America, it was a way against communism.
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The United States, New Zealand, and Australia all signed a treaty that allowed them to agree on the conditions of the pacific.
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Harry Truman had announced to the world that the US was willing to provide military aid to free people, targeting communist countries.
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A pact signed by Greece, turkey, and Yugoslavia that pushed themselves away from Communism.
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The armistice agreement ended the fighting in the Korean War. President Eisenhower had threatened them with nuclear weapons if the war did not end
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Communist counteraction to NATO. It was a military alliance of the communist nations.
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Russia launched the first ever satellite into earths orbit. Created more tension for the Cold War because people were worried about how advanced Russia was.
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A response to Sputnik, America’s first successful space launch.
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Europe was split into a more westernized Side, and a communist side. The wall was built to prevent citizens from escaping from the communist side.
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A meeting between President Nixon, Leonid Brezhnev (part of the Soviet communist party) where they met to sign the threshold test ban treaty, which limited the amount of underground nuclear weapons a country could have.
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A group called the mujahideen fought against the soviets for years, and were backed by the US. In 1979, the Soviet’s invaded Afghanistan, which started the war.
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During a reform after the Cold War, an eastern German official declared that the wall should be demolished because it represented a bad time in Europe’s history. This was a sign that the war was finally coming to an end.
