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yalta confernce
the wartime meeting of head goverments of u.s united kingdom and the soviet union. -
nuclear arms race
competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between us and the soviet union. -
UN created
was to replace the leauge of nations after world war 2. -
potsdam conference
when the soviet union united kingdom and the u.s meet. -
truman doctrine
u.s support greece and turkey with military aid to prevent their falling inot the soviet sphere. -
marshall plan
help aid europe after the end of world war 2 -
HUAC
its the house un-american activties commitee. -
CIA
Central intelligence agency -
red scare
anit communist fear of communism in the usa. -
communist takeover
communitst takeover in czechoslovakia. -
berline airlift
carried suppiles to people in west berlin. -
NATO
north atlantic thready organization. -
Korean war
war between republic of korea and the democratic peoples of korea. -
warsaw pact
military alliance of the communist nations in eastern europe. -
space race
spuntnik was the first unmanned satellite. -
vietnam war
fight between north korea and south vietnam. -
u-2 crisis
u-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the soviet union. -
Bay of pigs
was an unsuccessful attempt by the united states to overthrow the government of the cuban dictator fidel castro. -
berlin wall
barrier cut off west berlin. -
cuban missle crisis
confrontation between the soviet union and cuba.
