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Czechoslovakia Revolution
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia and the subsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic. -
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Soviet creation of Nuclear weapons
Was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II. After Stalin learned about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the program was pursued aggressively and accelerated through effective intelligence gathering about the German nuclear weapon project and the American Manhattan Project. -
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Yalta conference
The aim of the conference was to shape a post-war peace that represented not just a collective security order but a plan to give self-determination to the liberated peoples of post-Nazi Europe. -
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Potsdam conference
Best known for President Truman's conversation with Stalin, during which time the President informed the Soviet leader that the United States had successfully detonated the first atomic bomb on July 16, 1945. it dealt with problems arising from Germany's defeat, including the arrangements for military occupation and the trial of war criminals, and issued an ultimatum to Japan demanding surrender. -
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Hiroshima bombing
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Bombing of Nagasaki
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Molotov plan
Was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. Also known as the “Brother plan” -
Marshall plan
Was an American capability in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over 12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economics after the end of World War II -
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Berlin Blockade
The United States and the United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. The crisis ended on May 12, 1949, when Soviet forces lifted the blockade on land access to western Berlin. -
Truman Doctrine
Was the policy of containment. Containment was the policy of restricting communist expansion by diplomatic, military and economic actions. The Truman Doctrine warned that it was the duty of the United States to put an end to the communist aggression in turkey and Greece. -
Brussels Treaty
Was the policy of containment. Containment was the policy of restricting communist expansion by diplomatic economic -
NATO
NATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North America and Europe. From its establishment, its main focus is to defend each other from the possibility of the communist soviet union taking control of their nation. -
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Korean war
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Stalin’s death
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Fidel Castro taking over
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Warsaw Pact
Was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the London and Paris Conferences of 1954, but it is also considered to have been motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe. -
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Vietnam war
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Hungarian Revolution
Thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding a more democratic political system and freedom from Soviet oppression. The Soviets did so, but Nagy then tried to push the Hungarian revolt forward by abolishing one-party rule -
NORAD
The north america aerospace defense command is the united states and canada bi-national organization charged with the missions of aerospace -
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Bay of Pigs
The United States sent trained Cuban exiles to Cuba to try and overthrow Fidel Castro's government. They failed miserably. The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold in the Americas. -
Creation of Berlin Wall
The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. Between 1961 and 1989, the Wall prevented almost all such emigration. The Communist government of East Germany built a wall separating East and West Berlin. The wall was built to keep the country's people in. But the Soviets and East German government said it was to keep capitalism out. -
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Berlin Wall falling
East and West Germany were formally reunified on October 3, 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall served as a symbol of the country's unification and, for many, the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the Cold War. -
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End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nuclear arms treaties
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. -
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Afghanistan/Soviet war
The United States supported the Afghanistan rebels in order to try and overthrow the communist government and to prevent the spread of communism. -
Solidarity in Poland
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End of cold war
The Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. It had kept people from Eastern Europe, which was communist, from escaping to the West, and the Cold War came to an end.