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A group of governments gathering to discuss the events of WWII
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A time where Geological tension was strong right after WWII between the United States and Russia.
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President Truman decides to drop the A-Bomb on Japan.
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A competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to see who could develop the more superior weapons,
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The U.S. strikes back from the attacks on Pearl Harbor and drops an Atomic Bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
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The Iron Curtain was a boundary splitting up Eurpope into to seperate areas.
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Harry Truman was the 33rd Presiden, taking office after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a intergovernmental alliance between several North American and European contries.
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A war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on June 25, 1950.
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Eisenhower became president in 1953. He was elected on the platform of K1, C2.
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In 1954 the United Nations (U.N) is officially created.
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Vietnam was once a French colony but fell to Japan during WWII. Ho Chi Minh declared their independence (he was a communist).
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The U-2 Spy Plane was a CIA spy jet built by Lockheed in 1955 that took detailed ground photos from as high as 70,000 feet.
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This was when the United States and The Soviet Union were rivaling for superiority in space, seeing who was more technologically advanced.
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A failed millitary invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA paramilitary group.
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A 13 day political and military standoff over the installation of the nuclear-armed Soviet missles on Cuba.
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NASA beats the Soviets and achives the Moon Landing in 1969
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Richard Nixon is the 37th President from 1969 to 1974. He's the only U.S. President to resign from office
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The 26th Ammendment dropped the voting age to 18+
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In 1973 the war draft was abolished.
