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International organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts.
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USA would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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US economic recovery for war-torn Europe and gave $13 billion dollars in loans.
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Allied powers divided Germany into 4 zones. East Germany controlled by Soviet union and West Germany controlled by the allied powers.
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Countries would provide mutual help if attacked by another country.
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Soviet plan to aid in rebuilding countries apart of COMECON.
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Compete in building atomic bombs.
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More destructive than the atomic bomb
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Soviet leader after the death of Stalin.
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American politician and army general who served as the 34th president of the United States.
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Military alliance of nations blocked by from communism.
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Anti-Soviet demonstrations in Hungary.
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1st satellite to orbit the earth.
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Both US and USSR battle to be the first into space
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Set up a Soviet supported government in Cuba.
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Fulgencio Bastista was the Cuban dictator and was overthrown.
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American spy plane shot down over USSR soil.
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Cuban exiles ,trained by US forces, invaded Cuba to lead a revolt against Castro.
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Built to keep East Germans out of West Germany.
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1st man to orbit the Earth.
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UN forces sent in to stop communist aggression and expansion
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Nuclear weapons were placed in Cuba by the USSR.
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Was president of the US until he was assassinated a couple years in, Made the decision to proceed with Bay of Pigs.
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Replaced Khrushchev as Soviet leader.
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An agreement that Nixon would slowly withdraw his forces from Vietnam.
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The relations between the US and Soviet Union improved.
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If south Vietnam were to fall to communism then other nations would then also fall to communism.
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Freedom of expression for Soviet citizens, eased harsh treatment of opponents of the Soviet system.
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Gradual changing in Soviet economy allowing private enterprise dismantling of national bureaucracy
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The way was torn down so both East and West was open to one another.
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Gorbachev and President George Bush met declaring end to cold war.
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US and British planes flew supplies into West Berlin.
