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The "Big Three" met to discuss post-war problems and what was necessary for those problems to be solved.
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Second meeting between the "Big Three", when Joseph Stalin breaks his word about communist expansion.
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Split Germany into four parts, each part belonging to an allied nation(France, Great Britain, The United States, and the Soviet Union).
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The U.S would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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Officially ratified 21 American republics.
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Countries under the Warsaw pact invaded Czechoslovakia on all levels imaginable.
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President Truman makes it clear that the Soviets are now enemy #1.
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Was one of the first signs of Soviet hostility during the Cold War.
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Allied aircraft's flew over Soviet borders and supplied food to the hungry.
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The United States and the Soviet Union competed in creating the most destructive bomb.
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An alliance between the allies that provides help countries in peril.
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Strategy for the U.S to pay off billions of dollars from WWII.
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Witch-hunt, led by Joseph McCarthy, whose main goal was hunting down communists of any kind.
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The invasion of South Korea by North Korea caused other developed countries to become involved.
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Persuasive strategy to increase the numbers of soldiers during national emergencies or war, and in this case, they were used for the Cold War.
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Passed away because of a fatal heart attack.
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Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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A treaty among the USSR and seven controlled Soviet nations which was used for collective defense.
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Competition between the Soviets and Americans to reveal the possibilities of space flight.
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Occurred when a U.S spy plane was shot down in Soviet territory.
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The Berlin Wall was used as a border to divide Berlin.
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A 13 day stand off between the U.S and the USSR concerning Soviet nuclear missiles.
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Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in support of communist groups within that country.
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The treaty between the United States and the USSR that halted nuclear and missile activities.
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The Berlin Wall was destroyed to symbolize freedom.
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The reunifying of Western and Eastern Germany since it's split after WWII.
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He reduced government control, which led to the downfall of the Soviet Union.
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Gorbachev resigns as Soviet president, leaving Russia as an independent country.
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A failed military invasion of Cuba by CIA sponsored paramilitary groups.
