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The "big three" allied leaders meet to make post war plans. These plans included dividing Germany into seperate zones of occupation.
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The United Nations represented 51 countries all striving for world peace. The charter was passed in San Francisco, California.
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American scientists successfully test the first atomic bomb in New Mexico.
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America drops an atomic bomb on the Japenese city Hiroshima. The instant devestation scared Japan out of war and issued in the nuclear era.
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This plus the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan helped end the war quickly.
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With the help of Russia joining the war and America's use of atomic bombs, there is finally peace.
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WWII ending initiated the cold war. The cold war was a war that was not fought like normal wars; rather it circled around fear and power.
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This war was waged between communists and nationalists.
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This barrier represented the divide between communism and capitalism.
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Harry Truman provided aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent them from falling into soviet controll.
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This represents the extention of soviet influence. This takeover was more evidence of Communisms influence.
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Despite the name this news was very scary for Americans. This furthered the soviet influence.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in order to resist Communist expansion.
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This event evened the playing field between the two powers as they now both have atomic bombs.
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Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's Republic of China
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The fear of communist spies scared many Americans including Joe McCarthy. His witch hunt lasted years causing more harm than good.
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These two powers represented communism and their alliance scared many Americans.
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Stalin supports north Korea who invaded South Korea. The UN and mainly the United States defend South Korea.
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Britain becomes the third country to have nuclear weapons.
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This war ended with no real winner with both North and South korea reverting to the ways things were before the war.
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This counterpart to the CIA struck fear in American's as America seemed less developed than they thought.
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This was a big power play against communism.
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This was essentially Russia's responce to NATO. It was basically communist NATO.
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This war began with many capitalist countries fighting in it and ended with just America.
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This marked the begining of the space race between the soviets and the U.S
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This was America's retort to the Soviets recent astological developements.
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This was a major step forward for the expanion of communism in the modern world.
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This event showed the insecurity between the U.S and the Soviets.
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This charismatic leader helped advance America through the cold war.
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This was scary for U.S.A because Cuba was so close to America that they felt almost defenseless.
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This failed invasion of Cuba showed Americas fear of communism
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This divide of Germany became literal with the construction of the wall.
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This made America the leader in the space race
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This ended one of the saddest wars in America's storied history.
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces
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Before this point the two powers refused to acknowledge each other. After Nixon's meeting with China in 1972 the two barely talked. This point in 1979 marked a change in the two powers future.
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This was fearsome for U.S because the expansion of communism would mark our exstinction.
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This took some of the stress and fears away from civilians in the range of these fire arms.
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The expansion of the Soviet Union was haulted.
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East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany
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This marked the fall of communism in the modern world.
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The reunion of Germany was the final stake in the Soviet Union.
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This marked the end of the cold war and the end of an era.
