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Yalta
Leaders, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met to decide how to separate Germany among, Russia, England, and the USA, to pay repairs to the USSR. -
Iron Curtain Speech
The speech was delivered by Winston Churchill and explained the devidion of the devision of Eastern and Western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
The Doctrine agreed to provide countries that supported democracy with political, millitary, and economic assistence. -
Marshall Plan
The plan offered American aid to European countries that were under the Soviet control to influence democratic ideals. -
Berlin Airlift
Organized by the US, the airlift porvided food and fuel to those who were deprived in West Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Free Trade or NATO was an alliance with 28 countries from North America and Europe to make peaceful resolutions of disputes. -
Korean War
The United Nations helped aid South Korea and China helped aid North Korea. The United Nations tried to prevent North Korea from taking over South Korea, making it a communist country -
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Korean War
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Arms Race
The Arms Race was a nuclear power competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
Massive Retaliation
This was a strategy divesed to prevent communism by putting Russia on the brink of war with the threat of nuclear weapons. -
Warsaw Pact
Signing the pact became a symbal of Soviet Dominance and a militaristic threat. -
Vietnam War
The war was against the Communist government of North Vietnam and its allies, South Vietnam who were agianst the government.