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The fear of communism that filled American politics, culture, and society. -
A conference held at Potsdam to allow the three Allies to plan peace after the war. -
The WW2 meeting used to discuss postwar reorganization of Europe and Germany. -
The Truman Doctrine established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to any democratic nations under threat. -
An attempt by the Soviet Union to block the Western allies railway, road, and canal access to the sector of Berlin. -
The North Atlantic Alliance was founded after WW2 to secure peace in Europe and provide collective security against the Soviets. -
The military and political effort to try and overthrow the government of Cuba. -
A competition between the US and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities. -
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal. -
A confrontation between the US and the Soviets that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris. -
A failed launch attack by the CIA to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from Power. -
A dangerous confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War -
A nuclear accident that happened at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Disaster Nuclear Power Plant. -
The communist party announced a change in their relationship to the West, and citizens were free to cross the borders in the country. -
The end of the Soviet Unions country and federal government as a sovereign state.