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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of the US, the UK and the Soviet Union to discuss what to do with Germany. The US and the Soviet Union didn't agree with how to govern their parts of Germany. -
Truman
President Truman was the US President. He came up with the Truman Doctrine. He was also the one who ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped in Japan. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into separate areas, the Eastern side being controlled by the Soviet Union and the Western side being controlled by the US. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was there to support countries who needed help economically and militarily. This helped contain the spread of communism. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a program the US started to provide aid to Western Europe after the war. They provided economic assistance to those who needed it. -
NATO
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was created to secure peace in Europe after 2 World Wars. -
Mao Zedung
Mao Zedung was the former President in China. He had advanced China into a modern world country. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was started when the Korean People's Army invaded South Korean in an attack at the 38th parallel, the line dividing the two countries. -
US/UN Coalition Forces Arrive
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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was the political and military alliance created by the Soviet Union. It was an alliance between the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and the German Democratic Republic. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance established by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania. -
The Space Race
The Space Race was a time period when the US and the Soviet Union were competing in Aerospace capabilities, including sending a human into space. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict between the Southeast Asian countries. -
The Sputnik Launch
The Sputnik Launch was when Russia sent their first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. It circled the Earth for 3 months at a speed of 18,000 mph. -
The Great Leap Forward
Five-year economic plan executed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party. It started in 1958 and ended in 1961. -
Khrushchev
Khrushchev was the Premier of the Soviet Union. He tried to modernize the Soviet Union and reverse everything Stalin had done. -
Vietcong
Vietcong was the unification of Vietnam and the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government. -
Non-Aligned Movement
The Non- Aligned Movement were the countries that didn't want to align with anyone else. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the wall separating East Berlin and Germany from the West side. They wanted to keep people from going to the East side to escape the government of the West. The construction took place for 2 weeks. Many would hammer it and then eventually it was bulldozed down and cranes picked up the pieces. -
The 1st Man on the Moon
The 1st man to officially step on the moon was Neil Armstrong. He was an American Astronaut. He first stepped off of Apollo 11. -
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Soviet Afghan War
The Soviet Afghan War was started because the Soviets invaded the country of Afghanistan. The War eventually calmed down because the Soviets took over. -
Operation Storm 333
This was when the Soviet Special Forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan. They killed Afghan President Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 personal guards -
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States are different individual states or countries that cooperate with each other for political, economic, environmental, humanitarian, cultural and other issues between a number of former Soviet Republics.