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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was two revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. -
Iron Curtain
The non-physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control, this was one of the first major crisis of the Cold War -
The Marshall Plan
Also known as the European Recovery Program, a U.S. program to aid Western Europe following World War II. It provided more that 15 billion dollars to aid Europe in rebuilding -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. -
Hollywood 10
A 1950s American short documentary film. Each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. -
Berlin Wall
A guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin into sides from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War when the two super powers came the closest to launching a nuclear war. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall fell in 1989, after it stood for more that 28 years.
