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In Winston Churchill speech he condemns the soviet union and the iron curtain. In a way this speech starts the beginning of the cold war.
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American foreign policy to counter the soviet geopolitical movement. It gave financial aid to countries like turkey and Greece to help.
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10 members of the Hollywood industry were convicted of communist influence and put in prison.
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It was a system the soviets created to rebuild eastern Europe. They all were politically aligned to the soviet union.
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A plan which helped western Europe recover from war. We gave them over 12 billion dollars for rebuilding.
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After WW2 the allies partitioned zones in Europe. The crisis lead to the separation of East and Western Germany. Russia controlled most of eastern Europe.
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The soviets stopped goods from getting to west Germany. they Blocked roadways and railroads, so the Germans built an aircraft to get goods across.
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The North Atlantic Trade Organization is the treaty of 12 nations including the u.s and Great Britain. It provided protection against communism and the Soviet Union.
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The soviets first atomic bomb tests. they constructed bridges and structures to test the effects.
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China and Soviets started gaining nuclear weapons and testing bombs.
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Alger Hiss was tried for being affiliated with the communist party but was found not guilty because he did not take action.
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War fought in Korea trying to stop communism and split of Korea.
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Both the Rosenberg's were tried and found guilty of selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet's and were killed by electric chair.
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Fist confrontation in the first french Indochina war.
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Hearings investigating supposed communists
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to find a way to settle the issues in Vietnam and it was split into 2 countries
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It was a mutual defense programmed to put the soviets in charge of defense. It was signed by many countries like East Germany, Albania, and many more.
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It was a nation wide revolt to overthrow the government that supported the soviets and their imposed policies. The government collapsed due to the revolution.
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A U2 spy plane was shot down in the Soviet Union.
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An attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro but failed.
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Was a barrier built between Eastern and Western Germany. Dividing Communism from non. The wall was taken down in 1989.
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The crisis where we and the Soviets almost entered into nuclear war
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Diem Ben Phu is assassinated in 1963 by the peasants of south Vietnam.
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JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on nov 22 1963
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It gave LBJ the authority to take military action against Vietnam. For the enemy attack on ships in the gulf.
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The operation to drop bomb after bomb on the Vietnamese to win the war.
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The largest military campaign of the Vietnam war.
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Mlk was assassinated by James earl Jay
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Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the United States junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.
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The Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia. They did this to stop reform and successfully stopped the Czechs to do so.
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On this day in 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam.
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Richard Nixon is elected
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A shooting at kent state university killed college students by ohio state troopers.
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Nixon visits china to show diplomatic relations.
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Both countries agreed to ceasefire in Vietnam in 1973
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Saigon falls or is liberated in 1975
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Ronald Reagan is elected as president
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Ronald Reagan announces star wars a laser defense for nuclear weapons.
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Ronald Reagan speeches at the Berlin wall to take it down
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The Berlin wall is taken down and Germany is freed.
