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This was sited as the start of the Cold War.
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The leading nations in the world after WWII.
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The US policy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and it prevented further Soviet aggression.
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USA provides military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism.
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US economic recovery for war-torn Europe.
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US and British airplanes fly supplies into West Berlin.
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Council for Mutual Assistance was the Soviet plan to aid in rebuilding Soviet Bloc nations.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a military alliance.
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USA and USSR compete in building nuclear weapons.
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South Vietnam falls to Communism, and other nations East would fall like dominos to Communism.
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He was a Soviet leader after Stalin's death.
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The ability of USA & USSR to destroy each other acted as a method to avoid war
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He was a popular president of the United States.
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It was the removal of harsh policies of Stalin's government.
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Military alliance of communist Block nations.
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1st satellite to orbit Earth radio signals back to Earth.
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The Communist forces that seized control of Cuba. Soviet supported government set up in Cuba.
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American spy plane that was shot down by USSR
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The Russian first man to travel in space.
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The Cuban exiles invaded Cuba and led revolt against Castro..
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He was an American politician who served as our 35th president.
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It was built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Germany.
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USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba ships.
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It was the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
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US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty limited the number of nuclear weapons of each nation.
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Gradual changing of the Soviet economy allowing private enterprise dismantling of national bureaucracy.
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Freedom of expression for Soviet citizens which eased harsh treatment of opponents of the Soviet System.
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East Germany opened to West Germany.
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He was the President of the Soviet Union.
