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The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Also known as the Manhattan Project in hopes to end the war quicker.
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Marshall provided aid to Western Europe, but Joseph Stalin refused the aid in Eastern Europe
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The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States. This lasted one year.
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Purpose of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of all it's members by political and military means
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This began when the communist North Korea invaded the Non-communist country of South Korea.
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Thi hydrogen bomb was the worlds first thermonuclear weapon and it gave the United States a small advantage in the arms race with the Soviet Union. -
The leader of the Soviet Union who transformed it into an industrial and military superpower passes away after suffering a stroke at age 74.
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This was a military and political alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. It was created to balance the power of NATO
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Corruption and oppression led to communist rule under the leader of Fidel Castro
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The United States wanted to stop the spread of Communism along with South Vietnam. South Vietnam was in a war with North Vietnam and needed military aid, so the United States became involved with the war for the first time.
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This was an intense 13-day military standoff between the Soviet Union and The United States. They were battling over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet Missiles in Cuba.
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In hopes to stop the spread of communism, the United States became actively involved in the Vietnam War. The USA did not want communism to spread to the rest of Asia, so they sent troops to Vietnam.
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Israel defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
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Soviet Union led Warsaw pact troops to Crack down on reformist trends in Prague.
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Required the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate and permanently forswear all of their nuclear weapons.
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