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Plan from Soviet Union to rebuild Eastern European countries.
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Separated Europe into two separate regions. One side was the Soviet Union
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Competing ideas of Communism and Liberal democracy. Soviet Union rose during this time.
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Authorized Stalin to developed during World War 2.
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Stalin was determined to dominate Europe. Goal was to secure political freedom and democratic governments.
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Very powerful bomb that can take out cities. No sudden attacks or declarations of war.
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President Truman requesting aid for Greece and Turkey. Basis of the Cold War policy of containment.
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10 Hollywood film industry members were sentenced to jail. They denounced the HUAC and would not cooperate or answer questions about communist ties.
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American initiative to help give aid to Western Europe. $13 billion given for economic support.
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US and United Kingdom airlifted food and fuel to Berlin
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Soviet Union wanted to limit the ability for France, Great Britain, and US to get to their sectors in Berlin. Eventually much needed supplies and relief were brought to West Berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states.
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Convicted of perjuring himself in regards to his testimony about his involvement in a soviet spy ring. Spent nearly 4 years in jail.
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North Korea invaded South Korea. Air to air combat
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of selling nuclear secrets. Sentenced to death row.
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French view before the event, a battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower. First confrontation of Indochina War.
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Army accused chief committee counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give better treatment to G. David Schine. McCarthy argued that this accusation was made in bad faith and in retaliation for his recent investigations of suspected Communists and security risks in the Army.
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conference among several nations that was in Geneva, Switzerland, in order to settle issues resulting from the Korean War.
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a collective defense treaty betwee the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
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nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet imposed policies
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A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.
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Failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506
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13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet missile deployment in Cuba.
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South Vietnam celebrated. Success
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Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while he was riding with his wife.
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Authorized Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
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gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratics
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one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.
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fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
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Fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election
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A joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by four Warsaw Pact nations, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland
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tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over a disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam.
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ran an anti-war campaign against Republican incumbent.
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shootings of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War
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Began the slow process of re-establishing diplomatic relations between US and China.
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When the cease-fire went into effect, Saigon controlled about 75 percent of South Vietnam’s territory and 85 percent of the population.
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The capture of Saigon by the army's people of Vietnam.
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Reagan era. 49th president.
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Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons.
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First time in 8 years leaders from US and Soviet Union have met. Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev produced no earth-shattering agreements.
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Reagan gave speech. Very risky to do this speech but he did it anyway.
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Divided Berlin into 2 completely.
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Thousands demanded passage through the Berlin Wall. Faced with a growing demonstration, East German border guards allowed citizens to cross.
