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The beginning of the Cold War at a post-WWII conference dividing Germany between the Allies.
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"Agreed upon" timespan of the Cold War
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Chruchill explains there is an "Iron Curtain descending over Europe"
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President Truman announces plan to contain spread of Communism
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General Marshall's plan to rebuild war-torn Europe
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Hint: a military alliance is created
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People's Republic of China begins
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Hint: an early conflict begins
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Borders established at 38th Parellel and cease-fire is established
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French leave Indochina making way for Laos, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam,
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Hint: a "Pact" is formed
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North Vietnamese invade South Vietnam hoping to spread communism
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Period of conflict in Vietnam
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Hint: Space Race
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Castro takes power in Cuba
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Hint: failed military action
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East Germany begins building border with West Berlin
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Period that the Berlin Wall stood
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USSR puts nuclear weapons in Cuba
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President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, LBJ takes over
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Incidents near Vietnam lead to US involvement in conflict
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Hint: space race event
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North Vietnam takes Saigon, ending the conflict
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Iranian radicals hold U.S. Embassy hostage
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Period U.S. Embassy in Iran held hostage
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Hint: Winter Olympic "miracle"
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Hostages of the U.S. Embassy released the day Reagan is inaugurated
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Nuclear plant in Ukraine melts down
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Secret weapons selling/counter insurgent funding affair of the Reagan administration
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After a miscommunication, the Berlin Wall opens and eventually is torn down
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hint: important meeting between US/USSR
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Soviet Alliance dissolves
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The Soviet Union ceases all operations
