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The Yalt Conference which is a world organisation, it was a declaration on liberated Europe, dismemberment of Germany, zone of occupation for the French, reparation, Poland, and finally Yugoslavia. Agreements regarding entry of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan.
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FDR dies, Truman, Churchill,and Stalin discuss putting Europe back together, and working together to defeat Japan. United Nations meet for the for first time in 1945.
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British and Soviet jointly occupied Iran since 1941 to protect oil. Soviets did not want to withdrawl from Iran.
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Greece andTurkey faced communist revolts in 1946 and asked the US for aid to defend themselves from communist takeovers. Truman's Doctrine, asks congress for $400 million in aid plus US troops/advisors to help both Greece and Turkey fight back the communist threat.
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The USSR gets a hydrogen bomb in 1952.
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Accused certain Americans of being communist and causing the RED SCARE in the US. This begins the campaign of McCarthysism.
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North Korea pushed South Korea and US back all the way to Pusan until they were stopped by firepower
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Chinese got involved in the war
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Eisenhower pledged to end the Korean War
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An armistice was signed ending the war
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Joseph Stalin dies
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Vietnam at the 17th parallel
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SEATO was created
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Sputnik satellite orbits the earth
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A revolution in Cuba successfully overthrew the government
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JFK inauguration
Kennedy's going to push his views on the people in other countries who live "in huts". -
JFK joins global alliance
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Closest we've ever come to nuclear war
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A Berliner
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China explodes atomic bomb
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US sends troops to Dominican Republic
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USSR defeats Czech's uprising
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Salvador Allende becomes president of Chile. The CIA tried to prevent him from becoming president. Allende was friends with the communist. General Pinochet became dictor and for the next 17 years he murdered and jailed the citizens.
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President Nixon visits China.
