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Victory in Europe
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Emperor surrender broadcast
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communism & capitalism were incompatible
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Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill - "an "iron curtain" has descended on Europe"
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first public demonstration of America's atomic arsenal
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international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere
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The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II
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the five Treaty of Brussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
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tested its first atomic bomb
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Mao Zedong takes control of China
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imprisoned because of treason and trading secrets with the Soviet Union
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Truman approved H-bomb development
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a war between (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, (North Korea), supported bySoviet Union.
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They were arrested for giving US bomb secrets to the Soviet Union
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split at the 38th parallel
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a failed military invasion of Cuba
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The seberation between Communist western Berlin and Capitalist eastern Berlin
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moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict
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name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States
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Students protesting against the Cambodian Campaign. which lead to a shooting
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Wanted to revive the Soviet economy after the stagnant years
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Due to internal/ external pressures and weak economy the Soviet Union fell