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the new goverment passed the national insurance act and the national health service act.the insurance act provided government funds to help the unempolyed, the sick , and the aged
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the communist peoples libration army and anticommunist forces supported by reat brtain were fighting each other for control of greece
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de gaullehelp establish a new government called the fourth republic. it featured a strong parliment and a weak presidency
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george kennan a well known U.S dipolomat with much knowledge of sovient affairs argued for a policy of containment to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further sovient aggresive moves
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great britain, france, and the united states were making plans to unify the three western sections of germany and create a western german government
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the divisions created by the cold war led the nation of western europe to form the north north atlantic treaty organizations
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the soviet union had set off its first atomic bomb in 1994
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the federal republic of germany or west germany was formally creadted. it capital was bonn.
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sovient union tried to take disadvantage of the american concern over missiles to solve to problem of west berlin
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the sovient ssent sputnik I the first human made space satelite to orbit the earth.
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a left wing revolutionary named fidel castro overthrew the cuban dicatator dictator fulgencio batista and set up a sovient supported totalitarianregime in cuba
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the east german government began to build a wall seperating west berlin from east berlin. become a massive barrier
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kennedy found out that sovient missiles were heading to cuba he decide to blockade cuba and prevent the fleet from reaching it destination
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a hot line communications system between moscow and washington d.c was installed. the two superpowers could now communicate quickly in times of crisis
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john f. kennedy became the youngest elected president int he history of the unithed states. his time was cut short he got killed by an assassin
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under prisendent lyndon b. johnson increasing numbers of u.s troops were sent to vietnam. their purpose was to keep the communist regime north vietnam from gaining control of south vietnam
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johnson won a new term as prsident in a landside victory
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a series of student rpowas followed by general labor strike
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president nixon reached an agreement with north vietnam that allowed the united states to withdraw it force.
