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United States and USSR
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Split into West and East Germany. West was democratic, East was communist
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Under US occupation after WW2. Became democratic and rose as a dominant economy.
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United Nations, NATO, Warsaw Pact
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Yalta Conference, Soviet Control of Eastern Europe. Was between the US and USSR
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democracy and free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism
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Winston Churchill described the USSR as this, dividing the continent
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President Truman developed the policy of containment (preventing the expansion of communism)
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Dubbed the European Recovery Program, helped Europe rebuild after WW2
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Provided a code of conduct for the treatment of people
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Military Alliances; NATO formed in 1949 while the Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union
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China was divided into two nations
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Became the leader of Nationalist China
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Became the leader of Communist China
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Korea was divided into North and South at the 38th parallel. Ended in 1953 with an armistice
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Theory of deterrence: belief that having large amounts of nuclear weapons by both superpowers would prevent nuclear attacks due to both sides being able to strike back
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The Vietnamese defeated the French and pushed them out of Vietnam
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Became the leader of Communist North Vietnam
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The "domino theory" led the US to be very involved in the conflict between North and South Vietnam.
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Applied the containment theory to ending communism in Vietnam by sending troops to fight
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Formed in 1961 to prevent Eastern Europeans from escaping to the West.
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USSR stationed missiles in Cuba very close to US. Brink of nuclear war.
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Developed a closer relationship with the Soviet Union and developed a nuclear program
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Ended the fighting in Vietnam by the United States
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Vietnam was reunited as a communist country
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Reformed Communist China's economy to a market economy leading to rapid economic growth, but kept communist control of the government
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Close relationship with the United States
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Instituted policies of glastnost and perestroika which led to the fall of the Soviet Union
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East and West Germany re-unified
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Economic collapse and break up
