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This conference was to discuss how Germany and Europe in total would be reorganized. President Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed these with Stalin and Churchill. -
All of the German industry that could have been used for military purposes had to be dismantled. Germany had to be disarmed and demilitarized. -
The Second Red Scare happened right after the Second World War. This was the idea that foreign communists were infiltrating American Society. -
The Iron Curtain sealed the Soviet Union and its states from the West. It made it so Western Europe couldn't have open contact with the Soviet Union and its states. -
Harry Truman asked Congress for 400 million dollars to provide aid. He was providing military aid to countries such as Turkey and Greece. -
The Berlin Blockade was done by Stalin to cut off transit between West Berlin and West Germany. This was so the Allies couldn't travel to the Soviet Union as well. -
NATO was created to provide security against the Soviet Union. The USA, Canada, and several Western European nations were involved in NATO. -
This war was when North Korea invaded South Korea. 3 million people died and the war was 3 years long. -
The United States had the goal of landing on the moon before the Soviets did. The US won the space race when Niel Armstrong landed on the moon. -
The United States was helping South Vietnam but the North ended up winning. The North united Vietnam as a Communist country. -
This was a failed invasion of Cuba's southwestern coast. This was done by Cubians who opposed Fidel Castro. This was funded by the USA. -
The Soviet Union started putting missiles in Cuba. Cuba is close to the USA so this was the closest the USA and The Soviet Union got to an all-out war. They had to agree to remove the missiles. -
The Soviet Union went to war with Afghanistan and the war lasted for 10 years. The Soviet Union was defeated and this led to a Civil War in Afghanistan. -
The nuclear reactor in Chernobyl failed during a low-power test. The explosion destroyed the nuclear reactor and released a lot of radiation. The disaster caused over 50 people plus some with radiation poisoning. -
There was an attempted coup against Gorbachev which made Gorbachev's power lessen. there was a lot of government turmoil where a lot of Moscow's influence was lost. This then later led to the Union collapsing.