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Francis Gary Powers
He was an american pilot who's spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace causing the 1960 U-2 incident. Francis Gary -
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United Nations
An organization that was creathed to help increase political and economic cooperation within the membered countries. Helping improve human rights and reducing conflict. United nations -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech.
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Truman Doctrine
A foreign policy created by Harry S. Truman to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. Truman Doctrine -
Marshal Plan
A program where the U.S gave economic aid to European countries to help rebuild after ww2. [Marshall Plan](http:///www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=active&q=starting+date+marshall+plan) -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Berlin Airlift -
Nato.
NATO (north atlantic treaty organization) is a military alliance of European and North American democracies starting after World War II to strengthen ties between member states.
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H-Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb.
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SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia.
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MAD plan
Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy dealing with nuclear weapons. MAD plan -
WArsawPact
Warsaw Pact is the name commonly given to the treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union,
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vietnam war
conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement
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Eisenhower Doctrine
Eisenhower promised military or economic aid to Middle Eastern countries needing help in resisting communist aggression.
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Bay of pigs.
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government.
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Cuban Missile Crisis.
confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. known as the "hottest" point in the cold war.
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First Strategic Plan Limitations Treaty. (SALT)
the start of a negotiation between the United States and the Soviet Union that were aimed at stop the creation of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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U.S. boycott of the summer olympics.
one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
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Miracle On Ice.
is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Strategic Defense Initiative.
this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries
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Soviets left Afghanistan.
Soviet union announced that all troops have left afghanistan.
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Tiananmen Square
a large pkaza in beijing; the site of major student demonstrations suppressed by the government. Tiananmen Square -
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Boris Yeltsin
Was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation.
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Collapse of the Soviet Union.
the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time.
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