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-Besides being the President to drop the only two Atomic bombs ever used during a war,
-Created the United States policy about Communism during the Cold War, __________________.
-President Truman also had the United States agreed to aid Greece and Turkey in the ______ Doctrine.
-United States also would assist West Germany after the Soviets blocked supplies to it in the Berlin ____________. -
-The Truman Doctrine was created by President Truman from a speech to Congress asking for permission to provide aid in Greece and ____________.
-The Marshalll Plan was a plan created to provide materials to help rebuild Western __________. -
-This occured when __________ Berlin created a blockaide around West Berlin to block supplies into this half of the city.
-The United States and Great Britian did what to help the people stranded there? -
N____________ A______________ T___________________ O________________ Established
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Mao Zedong and the Chinese __________________ Party win Chinese Civil War. Chinese Nationalist Party forced to the island of _______________. Because the United States did not directly fight in this war, only provided supplies to one party in the war, this is an example of a _____________________ war.
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U.S. and other U___________ N______________ members fight North Korean forces.
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Lead United States' participation in the _______________ was with the United Nations, and then sent advisors to Vietnam but did not send troops to fight the war.
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Warsaw Pact made up of countries from these nations: What was the Warsaw Pact created in response to?
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____________ ______________ becomes leader of Cuba, installs Communist government.
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Kennedy was president during the Bay of Pigs invasion and made a public announcement stating that the Soviet Union had bulidt missiles in ________________ leading to the Cuban _______________ Crisis.
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Bay of _____________ invasion of Cuba. This invasion failed. Why?
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_______________ Germany begins building the Berlin Wall, separating Berlin into two sections.
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What country was installing missiles in Cuba? What was the United States response? How was this crisis resolved?
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Continued to send advisors to Vietnam, but because of the Gulf of ____________ Incident the United States became involved in the __________________ War.
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President _______________ told Congress that North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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U.S. troops were sent to _______________ Vietnam by President _______________ to try to stop the spread of Communism in Vietnam.
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"_____________________" was his plan during the Vitenam War. He was involved with removing troops from Vietnam. Created a period of less tension called _______. He made a historic visit to China as well.
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Greatly improves relations between the two countries
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-Continued dentene
-Success with space program
-Had investigation into CIA
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South Vietnam falls to ________________ forces
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-SALT II
-Began supporting Afghan rebels against Soviet Union
-Boycotted 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics
-Carter Doctrine
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-ended Detente calling Soviet Union "evil empire"
-created Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars"
-provided support to anti - communist movements around the world
-created more peaceful relations with Soviet Union meeting with Premier Gorbachev -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.
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-Kept meeting with Premier Gorbachev, lead to end of the Berlin Wall
-Supported reunification of Germany
-Supported adding Germany into NATO
-Soviet Union disintegrated and Boris Yeltsin became president of Russia -
East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany
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Uniting the city of ___________________
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George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994
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The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.