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The Yalta conference was a meeting between three leaders; Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They were meeting to talk about Germany's unconditional surrender and how to deal with life post war.
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This is important becasue Russia was attacking Japan at a time when they didnt see Russia as a real threat so there was a lot of deaths caused because they were not prepared.
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The Truman Doctrine was established to help countries that have a democracy. The U.S. will provide political, military, and economic assistance to countries in need. This was important because it helped Greece when the Soviets were trying to take over.
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Truman decides to look for Soviet spies within the government.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by the U.S. and 11 other nations to create a defense pact to contain Soviet aggresion against Western Europe.
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The Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti of the Soviet Union is known as the KGB. This was the largest spy and security commitee. They were designed to gather intelligence in other nations.
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This is similar to the NATO but with Russia and seven other parts of Europe establishing Soviet in command of all armed forces.
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Soviet launces satelite into orbit. This causes panic for the U.S. and they quickly get moving on creating their own satelite.
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The wall was built to keep the westerns from entering east Gearmany.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). This was a meeting between the U.S. and Soviet to curb the cold war arms race.
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This is significant because it is the start of the fall of the Soviet. It shows other countries that it is possible and is intended to inspire them to follow.
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The head of East Germany allowed citizens to cross as they pleased. The Berlin Wall is on of the most powerful and well known symbols of the Cold War.
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West Germany had been suffering from citizens leaving because of the Cold War and what they stood for. When they reunited it was a big deal. Many see this as an End to the Cold War.
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The fall of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War. Countries that were forced into the Soviet Union were able to be free. This was seen as a victory for Freedom in the West.
