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the U.S. will provide political, military and economic help to all democratic nations under threat from communism
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the U.S. sent vast amounts of money to 16 nations for rebuilding cities, railroads, factories and electric systems
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Stalin ordered a blockade of Berlin to try to starve them out
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Ten Western countries, the U.S. and Canada fomred the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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The first major proxy war
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An alliance the Soviet Union created with 6 other countries
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The Soviet Union created the wall to keep people from escaping west Germany
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The Soviet Union stationed nuclear weapons in Cuba for self defense because the U.S. had nuclear weapons 200 miles away from Russia
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On March 15, 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the new leader of the Soviet Union
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Gorbachev's policies led to the collpase of the Soviet Union
