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The Cold War is a period of international tension between the U.S. and USSR.
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George created the Policy of Containment which is keeping communism within its existing boundaries.
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The USA would provide military and economic aid to countries that were threatened by Communism.
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The U.S. planned for an economic recovery for war-torn Europe.
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The U.S. and British airplanes flew supplies into West Berlin.
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COMECON is an organization for International Economic Cooperation, to facilitate and coordinate the economic development of the eastern European countries belonging to the Soviet block.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe.
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The Hydrogen Bomb was created and it is more destructive than the Atomic Bomb.
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Khruschchev was a Soviet leader after Stalin died.
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Eisenhower was President from 1953-1961.
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This was a pact between Communist Block Nations.
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Sputnik is the first satellite to orbit earth.
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Fulgencio Bastista was overthrown.
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The U-2 American Spy Plane was shot down by the USSR.
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Fidel was a communist who set up forces to seize control of Cuba.
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John F. Kennedy created a plan during the Eisenhower administration to train Cuban exiles for an invasion of their homeland.
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Yuri is a Russian Cosmonaut. He was the first man to travel in space.
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Cuban exiles invaded Cuba and revolted against Fidel Castro.
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It divided up East and West Germany. It was a symbol of division between two super powers.
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The USSR placed missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy then created a blockade for protection incase the USSR attack.
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Leonid Brezhnez replaces Khruschchev as Soviet Leader.
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Detente is french for relaxation.
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This was an agreement with North Vietnam. The U.S.A. agreed to withdraw forces.
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was a limit on nuclear weapons of each nation.
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Glasnost means openness. It's the freedom of expression for Soviet citizens.
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Perestroika was the gradual changing of Soviet economy.
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East and West Germany were finally reunited.
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Gorbachev and George Bush met insisting on ending the Cold War.
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East and West Germany were reunited after the Berlin Wall was torn down.
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Vladimar Putin is now the current President of Russia
