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The potsdam conference was a discussion about what the appropiate punishment for Nazi Germany would be. The conference included Truman, Stalin, and Churchil.
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Established on Oct-24-1945. The languages include: Arabic, English, French, mandarin, Russian, and Spanish
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Europe was divided into 2 seperate places after the end of the World war 2. This was called the Iron curtain.
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The truman doctrine, was a speach regarding the relationships of the international policy's. The speech was spoken by the U.S president, Harry Truman.
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The Marshall plan was an aid from the United States, where the united states helped Europe with the economics. The goals weere to rebuild the damage, and make Europe prosper again.
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In 1948, the state of israel was made by Jewish terrorists. they did not do this alone, however. They were helped by te Members of the Soviet, and United states of merica.
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After World war 2, the Allies decided to split Berlin as well. The east were called Soviets, and the west, were called democratic nations. The soviets made a wall around the city, so that the democratic nations could not send supplies.
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NATO (North atlantic treaty organization) created by the United states. 12 countries, including United States, italy Belgium, canada, france, and much more aggreed to aid any member who was attacked
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The US got involved, due to the Truman doctrine. In the speech, the U.S said that the United States had to support contries that are fighting communism. Korea was a communist, therefore the United States had to act.
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A military alliance. The alliance was Soviet Union, and eastern europe countries.
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The Suez-Crisis, also known as Tripartite Agression, was a war between Egypt, Britain, France, and Isreal. This war was started when Egypt's nationalization strategic waterway triggered the doplomatic intervention. It ended on November-7-1956
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Sputnik 1, was the first satelitite. It was launched on October, 4 1957, the purpose for sputnik 1, was to broadcast radio pulses.
Sputnik 2, however, was the second spacecraft launched into space. It carried a dog! Yes a dog, his name was Laika. -
NASA, also called The NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. Before July-29-1958, the human species looked up in the sky, far beyond that, they saw the moon, stars, and planets. It was a mysterious, yet beautiful sight. On July-29-1958, NASA was founded, and was the United States first space program. Once NASA was founded, there has been numerous, successful trips to space.
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the bay of pigs invasion, was a failed attempt attack on Cuba. The intentions were to overthrow Fidel Castro. But failed.
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The Berlin wall. This wall in East Germany streches an amazing 96 miles! But that isn't all. In fact, the reason this long wall was built was because East-Germany wanted to cut off West Berlin. The East-Germany wanted to protect its population and keep it stable. But a wall, would surely not keep people away. In fact, the wall had guns, yes guns. The Berlin wall had also included guard towers placed along the wall so they can ensure no riots would occur, and no one would pass by.
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The Cuban missle crisis started on October-14-1962, and lasted for 13 days. So exactly what was the Cuban Missile crisis? The cuban missle crisis was the most dangerous passage of the cold war. It was a dangerous time, because the Soviet Unions placed Nuclear warheads in Cuba. It was suppose to be a secret, but it was soon discovered. President Kennedy quickly took action, and established a blockade around Cuba.
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One of the greatest presidents of the United States, died on November-22-1963. He died on Dealey Plaza, where he was having a motorcade. He was killed by Lee Harvey
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On January 23, 1968, Pueblo (a navy ship) was attacked. The Koreans were attacking the USS PUEBLO. The koreans boarded the ship, and captured the people who were on the ship, and took them to POW camps, where they were beaten, and interrogated. On December 23, 1968, the prisoners were released, and let back into the United States. However, the Koreans still have the USS PUEBLO to this day.
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President Richard Nixon. Was the first president to visit china on February 21, 1972. It was a very important event, because it was a sign of friendship.
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The united states was involved in the vietnam war, because they wanted to end the spread of communism. So they decided to help the South.
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The fall of saigon, was when saigon was captured. Saigon is the capital of the south.
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On November 4, 1979, 52 American citizens were kidnapped by Iranian students outside the U.S embassy in Tehran. The United States had tried to rescue the hostages, but failed multiple times. At one point during a rescue, 8 servicemen died in a helicopter crash. On 1-19-1981, the United States and Iran signed an agreement to have the hostages be released. The following day, the hostages were released. The event took 444 days.
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In the summer of 1984, when the olympics were coming to Rome, the soviet and United States boycott it.
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It was a arrangement to give money for Nicarguan contra rebls.
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On April 26, 1986, a plant in Europe blew up, and chemicals spread throughout the air. The country had radioactive particles in the air. It was a dangerous time. People had to wear protective gear so they would not get harmed
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After weeks of protests, the Chinese government sent troops to enter Tianamen square, and killed civilians. Thousands died, and arrested.
