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U.S., Soviet Union, and Great Britain
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Imaginary line to divide Europe into two seperate areas during the cold war
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The U.S. competes with U.S.S.R.
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An economic policy that the U.S. gave $400 million in economic & military aid to Greece and Turkey, to fend off communism and stay free
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European recovery plan
16 countries to receive aid
$13 billion in aid given to rebuild Western Europe, offered to Eastern Europe but soviets said no! -
Stalin cut off supplies into Western Berlin
The U.S. airlift food and supplies into the city
lasted 11 months
Stalin reopened supply lines -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Alliance to support one another military, had to be a democracy -
South East Asian treaty organization
The U.S. + 7 other nations
To prevent domino theory -
The Geneva accords temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
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Like Truman doctrine but for the Middle East
Offered economic & military support if communism threatened the military. -
Wall divided east and west Germany
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JFK is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas
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U.S. patrol ships were allegedly attacked by NVA
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Mass murder of 300-500 innocent unarmed citizents in South Vietnam
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Nixon is elected in 68' after Johnson decides not to run for re-election
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Nixon was re-elected president
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Pardon given by president Jimmy Carter
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Berlin Wall falls; S.U. loses its satellite nations.
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Soviet Union collapses
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A total of 9 different presidents served during the war.
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagen, Bush Sr.
