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The Cold War was a political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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At the end of the second World War, it was an attempt to end failed West Berlin Blockade.
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Following the Marshall Plan, a recovery program for the economic system, Possible communist expansion prompted the formation of NATO, Northi Atlantic Treaty Organization, in western European nations. The Soviet Union and eastern European nations fromed the Warsaw Pact.
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North Korea poured acroos the 38th parallel and fought the south, however, all the fighting ended up back at the 38th parallel so it wasn't a total loss because communism was contained.
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US released the first ever hydrogen bomb giving an advantage to the US for war but the following year the Soviet Union had the same bomb.
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Collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and 7 Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe.
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The Soviets successfully launch Sputnik beginning the Space Race.
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The Berlin Wall was a wall that was put up between East and West Berlin.
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13 day stand off enacting a naval blockade around Cuba to prove the US is perpared to use military force to nuetralized the possible threat of national security.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks was a meeting with the Soviet Union to discuss limiting of offensive and defensive strategic systems. Detente is the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union between 1990-1991. He made efforts to democratize the political system, Perestoika, and decentralize its ecomony which lead to the downfall
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A treaty between the US and the Soviet Union deciding they do not want nuclear weapons used becasuet hey can cause devestation.
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Physical and Ideological barrier put up by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal itself off from noncommunist areas.
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Christmas Day, the Soviet Union the Soviet Flag flew over the Kremlin for the last time. Eleven Soviet Republics met and announced they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union.
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Eurpoean Union is a politico-Economic Union of 28 states located primarily in Europe. Founded by France, Belgium, Luxanburg, Italy, Netherlands and Germany.
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Al Qaeda attacks the Twin Towers in New York City leaving the US in perile.
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The United States invaded Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein and try to stop the terrorist attacks.
