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The cold war was a very tense time period between the U.S and the Soviet Union
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The main purpose of the CIA is to gather intelligence instead of the U.S military to avoid conflict with other countries
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It was a plan that secretary of state George Marshall created to help European countries recover their economy after WWII so that they didn't fall under communist rule
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This was to soviets attempt at blocking out all outside resources going in and out of the communist side of Berlin to starve the people into communist submission
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The Berlin Airlift was the United Kingdom and U.S. response to the Berlin Blockade where they would fly supplies into east Berlin to support the people living there because Stalin blocked off all the resources going into and out of east Berlin
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Orginization) is an alliance between 26 countries in Europe and North America to make sure there is peace and security in the north atlantic region
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The Korean War was America's first hot conflict during the Cold War because North Korea turned communist and America sent in troops to try and contain it from spreading into South Korea
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This was Stalin's response to NATO created during the Cold War basically an alliance between all of the countries under Stalin's control except for a few
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It was a hot conflict during the cold war era that was fought between the vietcong south vietnam and the U.S where the U.S tried to stop north vietnam from turning all of vietnam communist but they ended up turning the whole country communist
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This was basically a competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S to one up each other with space exploration
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This was the first satellite sent into space ever and it was sent by the Soviet Union
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NASA is the National Aeronautic and Space Administration it's responisble for Americas space exploration and Americas space program for aeronautics and aerospace research
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This was a failed invasion of Cuba by CIA trained Cuban exiles to over throw Fidel Castro's control over Cuba
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The Berlin Wall was a wall constructed by communist east Germany to keep people from going in and out of east berlin
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was a confrontation between cuba and the U.S.S.R against the U.S this was the closest we ever came to a nuclear war
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The purpose of the Tet Offensive was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place.
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This was Richard Nixon's plan as a result of the Tet Offensive from the vietcong
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This was the first time a man has ever been on the moon
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The Kent State Shootings was a shooting at Kent State in Ohio by the Ohio National Guard where thirteen students were injured and four were killed the students were protesting the American invasion of Cambodia