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Powerful leader of the Soviet Union and made changes in Russian government.
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Organization promoting international security and peace. Aimed for individual governmental and economical stablilty; world peace.
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Communist leader of Vietnam during conflict with the United States.
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Seperation of East and West Europe from the end of WWII to the end of the Cold War. Reasons including the Soviet Union, political, and economic issues.
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Foreign Policy legislative set by Harry Truman. Considered the start of the Cold War.
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President Truman sent supplies to the citizens of West Berlin, until the Soviets stopped the air drops.
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Created to aid an economically weak Europe with assistance of the United States.
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NATO; Military Alliance. Headquaters were located in Belgium.
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New form of Chinese government, originated in Bejing 1949.
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Communist North Korea fight against their neighbor South Korea who was allied with United Nations.
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President of Russia during the Cold War. Communist.
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Tested in the Pacific Ocean, the first hydrogen bomb was one the largest man-made explosions recorded in history.
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Secret Service of the Soviet Union.
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Soviet Alliance with 8 communist states to protect the Soviet Union.
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North vs South Vietnam. US became involved adding to the tension of the Cold War. Vietnam was later unified in 1976.
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Artificial water way in Egypt . Connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Conflict between Isreal, Egypt, and France occured, but solved by UN.
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Artificial Satellite created by the Soviet Union that orbited low around Earth. Started the space race.
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Seperated East Germany and West Germany because of communsim and the conflicting governments.
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Second European recovery program. Assisted the Marshall Plan.
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13 day confrontation between the US, Cuba, and The Soviet Union, because S.U. shipped nuclear weapons to Cuba.
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Major communist leader of the Soviet Union. Died in 1982.
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A series of Vietcong attacks on South Vietnam. Due to a holiday neutrality agreement, South Vietnam was not expecting the attacks; ambushed.
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Conference in Finland to help reduce tension between the East and West. Contributed in ending The Cold War.
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Diplomatic dispute between US and Iran where Iran took over the US Embassy in Tehran and held over 50 Americans hostage.
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Russia attempted to invade Afghanistan by the use offensive war tactics. Resulted in a 9 year war and cause the US to boycott the 1980s Olympics.
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Held on Russian territory, 1980 Olympic Games were boycotted by many coutries due to the actions of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
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Held in Los Angeles, California, on US soil, for the first time in 50 years. This particular Olympic Games was boycotted by a portion of Eastern Europe.
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Occured during the Gorbachev era. Altered economies and foreign affairs. Accepted by many countries. Contributed to the ending of the Cold War.
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Home of deadly power plant accident that resulted in the spreading of radiation poisoning and sickness.
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Conference in Switzerland, one of the results was the seperation of Vietnam.
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Political landmark of China. Held many protests.
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Symbolizing the end of the Cold War and the freedom and unity of Germany.
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Last leader of the Soviet Union and helped bring an end to the Cold War.
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Non-communist leader of Poland. Helped Poland become a post-communist state.
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First President of the Russian Federation. Wanted economical change for a free market economy.
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End of the Cold War, officially ending the Soviet Union, and forming the present-day country Russia.
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Current President since 2000, significally changed Russia economically, poltically, and militarily.
