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Meeting between United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union to discuss power separation in Germany.
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Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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Stalin, Churchill, and Truman gathered to decide how to administer Germany.
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Japan surrenders but Hirohito remains emperor.
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Speech that stated Eastern Europe was more or less controlled by Soviet Union.
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Policy written by President Truman which was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
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Initiative passed to aid Western Europe.
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Forced Western Allied Powers to abandon their jurisdictions in Berlin. June 24, 1948-May 1949
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Formed in response to the formation of the Committee of European Economic Cooperation in Western Europe.
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Implements the North Atlantic Treaty.
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China became communist as a result of the proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
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War between North and South Korea. June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953
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Main security agency for Soviet Union.
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Thought that one political event in one place would influence events in another.
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Military and political alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries
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Invasion of Egypt by Israel, and then by United Kingdom and France.
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First artificial Earth satellite.
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Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister.
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United States spy plane shot down by Soviet Union.
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Yuri Gagarin was a 27 years old when he was the first man to go into space.
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Concrete wall that divided East and West Berlin.
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Cuban refugees try to take over government.
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13-day confrontation between U.S. and Soviet Union.
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Granted President Lyndon B. Johnson the chance to help all Southeast Asian countries whose governments were considered to be jeopardized by "communist aggression".
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Resistance War fought against America. July 1965-April 30,1970
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Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights.
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Surprise attacks by the Vietcong, rebel forces from North Vietnam
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Flight that landed the first two people on the moon.
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First American in space and travelled on the Freedom 7 spacecraft.
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Arab states join forces including Egypt and Syria against Israel.
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Somoza used violence and poverty to control people. This led to people revolting against Somoza. 1979-1990
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Diplomatic standoff between United States and Iran.
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Last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration.
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Resulted in the end of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Beijing protests, most famous for woman standing in front of tanks.
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German Democratic Republic becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany which reunited the nation of Germany.
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First President of Russian federation.
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Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance disestablished the Warsaw Treaty.
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Granted self-governing independence to the Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
