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The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This confirmed that the United States had highly advanced technology. -
This was a doctrine that said the U.S. should give support to countries to other countries threatened by Soviet Control. This was seen as an open declaration of war. -
This was a meeting that the United States had with the Soviet Union about weapons and tension. It was held in Vienna where they had accomplished an agreement. -
The Berlin Airlift was when the Soviet Union blocked all of Berlin off to the Americans so they could not bring supplies to their people. The Americans retaliated by constantly flying planes back and forth to drop supplies and much more. -
This was a plan made to help contain communism in Europe. The Americas were to help countries in Europe -
This is a group that was formed by Democratic countries found in eastern Europe and the west. This was formed to help stop communism and protect smaller countries. -
The Korean War is when the communist North was wanting to fight and take over the South. The United States had joined this war to help fight against the communists. -
The Korean War is when the communist North was wanting to fight and take over the South. The United States had joined this war to help fight against the communists.
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33rd president of the united states. He had made the Truman doctrine and was the president during part of WWII -
This is the theory that any country taken over by soviet control had the possibility of spreading that control to other countries near it. -
The Vietnam War is when the North and South had gone to war because the North had invaded. The United States intervened because of communism. -
The Vietnam War is when the North and South had gone to war because the North had invaded. The United States intervened because of communism.
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This is an organization that was formed by former Soviet states. This was the other big competitor in the cold war. -
The Space race is when the United States and the USSR started to compete to who can make it into space first. They had been making rockets and trying to figure out who can make it to space first. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the USSR put missiles in Cuba. The United States was not ok with this because it was to close. -
This was an idea that if one nuclear power attacked the other then they could both be mutually destroyed by all-out nuclear war. -
JFK was the 35th president of the United States. He was the youngest president ever and he was ultimately assassinated. -
This was an aerial attack that was performed by the Americans they had used bombs on Vietnam. They had killed and destroyed homes. -
Neil Armstrong an American astronaut was the first man to step foot on the moon. He was sent up in the successful Apollo 11 mission. -
37th president of the United States. He had been involved in the Vietnam war. -
This is when they started to pull the troops out of Vietnam. They had started to put more blame on the South Vietnam people -
Fidel Castro was a Cuban politician who was a communist. He had allowed for the missiles to be placed in Cuba. -
This was a war fought in Afghanistan between the Soviets and Afghans. This was more of a useless War which caused both sides to lose money and lives.
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They were guerilla fighters in Afghanistan. They were mainly fighting against non-Muslim fighters. -
This is a defense system that the United States wanted to implement. It would have put lasers in space that could shoot down missiles. -
This was a nuclear disaster. This was an accident that caused the nuclear power plant in Ukraine to explode. This had caused extreme amounts of radiation through out the area. -
40th united states president. He had been the president during a major part of the cold war. -
This is when the Berlin wall had finally fallen to protesters. This made Berlin united and showed the metaphorical falling of the iron curtain. -
This is the divide between the communist European countries and the democratic European countries. This had finally fallen when the Berlin Wall fell. -
This was a group of Countries in Eurasia. They were formed after the fall of the Soviet Union.