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Yalta Conference
The conference led by the big three decided to four way split germany -
Period: to
Cold War
Soviet Union and the United States had a threat war going back and forth with each other, luckily no threats actually became more than threats -
Marshall Plan
Was for the United States to give Europe money to bounce back up on their feet, successfully rebuilt nations -
NATO
National Atlantic Treaty Organization formed and separated western and eastern Europe, military alliances were made too -
De-Stalinization
Khrushchev’s movement once he is in office to leave Stalin’s harsh policies -
Warsaw Pact
It is Soviet Union’s NATO, unified the eastern European satellite states and soviets -
European Union started
There are 28 members and they have the same political and economic system -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall goes up to separate the communist and capitalist Berlin, the east and west side, people tried to escape from the east -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets moved their missiles to Cuba and the United States were scared because of the close range attack -
Prague Spring
Czechoslovakia’s movement for freedom from communism, led by Dubcek -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall is taken down -
Velvet Revolution
Czechoslovakia’s successful attempt at getting communism out of its country, did it in a non violent way