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WW2 ends and the alliance of U.S and U.S.S.R. does to. President Truman comes to speak about containing communism and the red scare begins. Federal government is investigated for involvement.
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The Soviet Union begins testing of nuclear weapons and the arms race begins. Truman says he is building a super-bomb and joins the Korean war in efforts to stop the spread of communism.
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U.S. backs a coup and overthrows the Iranian government. President Eisenhower sends aid to South Vietnam and the soviets end an anti-communism in Hungary
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Russia launches the sputnik into the earths orbit. Communist Fidel Castro overthrows American- backed dictator in Cuba. 2 years of unsuccessful attempts to thwart Castro, the CIA does the Bay of Pigs invasion and fails. The Berlin wall is made in east Berlin.
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American navy blocks Cuba after the Soviet Union places missiles in Cuba. Kennedy pulls away from Cuba in exchange for the soviets removal of missiles. China tests first a-bomb while America air raids against North Vietnam.
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President Johnson sends troops to Vietnam and Dominican Republic. Soviet Red army invades Czechoslovakia to stop "Prague Spring". In '72 president Nixon and soviet leader sign a treaty to make it illegal to make nuclear weapons
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America goes into combat with Vietnam but backs a coup that overthrows the Chilean president. Soviet Red Amy invades Afghanistan. The U.S. and Soviet army go at it for 10 years to have no victory
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Solidarity Union forms when Polish Workers lead labor strikes.In '81 President Reagan starts the mission to contain communism with the Reagan Doctrine.
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The U.S. invades Grenada, overthrowing the government and replacing it with a U.S. friendly one.Mikhail Gorbachev becomes premier of the Soviet Union and his policies are the catalyst for the Soviet Union collapse
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Protesters gather in Tiananmen square who wish the Chinese Communist party to reform.In Poland the Solidarity Union forms a non-communist government. The Berlin wall is destroyed and the Soviet Union collapses