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United Nations
International Organization to settle world problems -
Truman Doctrine
A doctrine addressed In 1947 by Harry Truman saying that the U.S.A should give support to countries that are threatened by the Soviet Union or by Communism -
George Marshall
US secretary of state, was in charge of the Marshall Plan -
The Marshall Plan
An American program that was created to help aid Western Germany -
NATO
Most important countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Purpose is to keep the countries safer and secured -
Korean War
The cause was between North and South Korea but the US and Soviet Union were using it to fight without having "hot war" -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was the 34th president of the U.S.A and was a general in WW2 and he was a journalist (1953-1961) -
Cuban Revolution
Caused to over throw the reign of Fulgencio Batista then caused a new government led by Fidel Castro in the 50`s -
The Warsaw Pact
A treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union signed in Poland was the Treaty Of Friendship. -
Vietnam War
Struggle between French Colonial forces and Vietnamese citizens supported by the Chinese communists -
Hungarian Revolution
Citizens fighting against the government of the Hungarians People`s Republic -
Sputnik
The first Artificial satellite to go to into orbit -
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro came to power In an armed revolution that ended In Fidel Castro overthrowing Fulgencio Batista -
Fidel Castro
He was a Cuban Communist revolutionary and politician who was a prime Minister of Cuba -
U2
An American Spy plane that was flown by the man of Gary Powers -
Building the Berlin Wall
A concrete and wired barrier that separated East Berlin from West Berlin -
John F Kennedy
JFK was president of the U.S.A from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1963, served at the height of the Cold War -
Yuri Gagarin
He was the first man to fly into space. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
In 1962 the United States and the Soviet Union had confrontation meeting about the presence of the missile sites located In Cuba. -
Detente
A pointed where tensions are very tight between countries -
Vietnamization
The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and the war effort of South Vietnam -
Glasnost
It was the policy of more consultative government led by Mikhail Gorbachev -
Perestroika
Political movement for reformation within the communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 80`s led by Mikhail Gorbachev -
Berlin wall torn down
On November 9, 1989 East Germany government announced that there citizens could visit west germany -
Soviet Break Up
USSR made up of 15 separate different republics -
COMECON
Economic Association of East European countries with the collapse of communism in eastern europe -
Bons Yelstin
President of Russian Republic -
Nikita Krushchev
He was a political leader for the Soviet Union (1894-1971)
