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United States will provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
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American grant to help rebuild European countries
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Established the soviet union
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North American Treaty signed
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North Korea, aided by the Soviets, invade South Korea. Because of the Truman Doctrine, America fought on South Korea's side. No treaty was ever reached, and the two nations are in a ceasefire to this day.
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The US detonates the first thermonuclear device, a fusion bomb, and provided a small advantage in the nuclear arms race.
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Allowed for quick strikes to Russia. Made it a prime target for attack.
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Formation of the Soviet Union, but also allowed it to gain allies and form a bond similar to NATO
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Countries could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state.
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Russians send first satellite into orbit
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Kruschev takes Stalin's place; repeals his oppressive laws.
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Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba
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U2 Spy plane shot down over Russia.
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He was the first human in space. He was a pilot on the Vostok I and the Soyuz I
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1400 people exiled from Cuba, were sent back in by the United States. The invasion was botched from the start, and the entire operation failed.
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Berlin separated into east and west
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Russians test the largest nuclear device.
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After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy imposed an embargo on Cuba, banning trade with the island nation.
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Could have caused nuclear war
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POTUS during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Made a deal with Krushchev that led to the end of the cold war.
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Kennedy assassinated in Dallas.
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Vice President Johnson sworn in; calls for day of mourning.
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Neil Armstrong becomes first human to set foot on the moon, closing the missile gap between the US and the USSR
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Strategy to make Vietnam a democratic state.
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The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaties (SALT) was a conference involving the USSR and the United States to slow down the arms race.
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Russia lowers hostility towards US
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Russian reform system
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Removing of media restrictions in Russia
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Civilians, convinced by a gag news report, took sledgehammers, cars, shovels, and other tools and tore down the wall by hand, reunifying Germany after twenty years of isolation.
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Putin becomes the president of Russia. eases transgressions against other countries
