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WARbetween forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China
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bombHydrogen bomb produced in South Carolina, and not used until 1952.
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wwiiArmed Japanese forces surrender to the Allied Powers.
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united nationsInternational organization to increase political/economical cooperation with the participating contries.
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iron curtain“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.”
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trumanPolicy created to contain Soviet threats.
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planInitiative to aid west Europe.
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airliftWe fly supplies into West Berlin because their supply lines have been cut.
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first bombCode name "First Lightning." Constructed buildings and bridges to test. They also put animals in cages nearby to test the effects of nuclear radiation.
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natointergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. Wikipedia
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warWar when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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dwightAmerican politician and gerneral who was the 34th president.
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josephJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death
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established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 LINK TEXT
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endThe United Nations, with United States as the principal force, came to aid of South Korea. China, along with assistance from Soviet Union, came to aid of North Korea
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asiaan international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia
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formeda collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
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known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam link text
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promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression.link text
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link text Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit
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an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident link text
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was the 44th quadrennial presidential election link text
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Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 link text
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plandoctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
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barrier that divided Berlin LINK TEXT
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also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. LINK TEXT
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was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy link text
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assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas LINK TEXT
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the 37th President of the United States LINK TEXT
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American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States link text
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American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States link text
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The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces link text
