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Afghanistan
was a country formed in central and south asia -
USA
the U.S. was founded on july fourth 1776 -
Democracy
Democray was founded in athens greece in 600 B.C.E., it was adopted by America in 1776 -
Isolationism
a policy to keep out of foreign affairs -
Communism
Communism was created -
Post-colonialism
an academic discipline featuring methods of intellectual discourse -
Soviet Union
the soviet union was a russian communist party/country -
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Cold war
the cold war was a war fought in russia -
Russia
russia was founded -
Holocaust
the holocaust talked about here took place just before wwII -
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WW II
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Arms race
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U.n.
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Containment
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Truman doctrine
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marshall plan
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North Korea
the year north korea was formed -
Israel
a newer country in southern asia -
Berlin airlift
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Vietnam
The longest war and also the most un-popular -
Osama bin-laden
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Cuban missle crisis
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Detente
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camp david accords
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Iran
Founded on a sunday -
Iran hostage crisis
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Iraq-Iran war
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Al-quaeda
al-quaeda was formed in 1988 by bin-laden -
9/11
a terrorist attack on the twin towers in new york city -
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Invasion of Iraq
a timespan of when we sent troops to Iraq -
Pro-Syrian opposition
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Arab spring
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Benghazi
yet another terrorist attack on september 11th this time in benghazi where 3 soldiers were blown up