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Chine Turns Communist
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Policy of Containment
Us trying to hold back the spread of communism -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman made a speech saying that the US would Help any European country trying to fight Communism -
Marshall Plan
Program to aid Europe in getting their economies back on track -
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Berlin Airlift
US brought supplies and food to West Germany to help keep Stalin away -
Comecon
An alliance between The Soviet Union and many eat european countries -
Nato Formed
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Soviets Test Atomic Bomb
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Korean War
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Stalin Dies
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Launch of Sputnik 1 into Space
First artificial Earth satellite made by the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall Constructed
Barrier between East and West Germany -
Cuban missile crisis
18-29 Soviets put missiles into Cuba to scare the US -
Johnson enters Vietnam War
Jonhson escaleted troop numbers -
US withdrawal from Vietnam
Nixon signs agreement to withdraw US troops from the war -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
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Berlin Wall Torn Down