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The Yalta Conference was the start of the Cold War
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International organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts
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United States sent aid to Greek government.
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The Truman Doctrine was made by the United States and it stated that it would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism.
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A politician who created the policy of containment.
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The Marshall Plan was a loan to war torn Europe worth 13 billion dollars to help them recover from the war.
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Soviet Plan to aid in rebuilding Soviet bloc nations.
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United States and British airplanes fly supplies into West Berlin.
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Soviets block entrances to Berlin to cut off Allied supplies to West Berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization provide mutual help if attacked. Some countries include the United States, Britain, France, Canada, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Norway.
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Arms Race starts when the USSR explodes their first atomic bomb
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Was the president of the United States from 1953-1961
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Military alliance of Communist Block nations USSR, East Germany, Albania, Czech, Poland, Hungary, and Romania.
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The Hungarian Revolution was an anti-Soviet demonstration in Hungary.
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Sputnik was the first satellite to reach space. It was from the USSR
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Communist forces seize control of Cuba. He became the leader of what is now Communist Cuba.
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A revolution where Fulgencio Bastista , the Cuban Dictator, was overthrown.
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U-2 was an American spy plane shot down by the USSR.
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John F. Kennedy was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
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Yuri Gargarin was the first man to reach space. He was from the USSR.
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The Bay of Pigs was an United States plan on getting rid of communism in Cuba by arming and training Cuban exiles. It failed miserably.
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The Berlin Wall was a wall built by Soviet Russia in order to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Germany and West Berlin.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was when Soviet Russia placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. This upset the United States and almost led to war.
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Soviet Russian ruler from 1964-1982
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A war between North and South Vietnam from 1964 to 1975
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Detente was the improvement in relationships between the United States and Soviet Russia.
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An agreement with North Vietnam that the USA will withdraw it's forces.
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Perestroika was the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system.
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Glasnost was the Soviet Union opening to talk about social and political issues.
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The Berlin Wall was a wall built by Soviet Russia to stop East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin or West Germany. This is when it was taken down.
