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Cold War

By Sumaili
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    Soviet Nuclear Weapons Manufacturing

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    This is a terrifying circumstance, for a man known for his vile acts and acts against humanity to get involved in nuclear weapons. It placed many countries and the citizens of the country in fear of being harmed.
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    Yalta Conference

    Enter Link text The distribution of countries to each powerhouse, Britain, Soviet Union and the United States. They handed a country over to each person without the country's knowledge.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
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    Harry S.Truman, Josef Stalin, and Winston Churchill met up near Berlin.
    In the midst of this conference, the big three demanded Japan to surrender.This can be accounted for as an infringement of their freedom. Their freedom to choose how they want to condone their nations as a whole.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    Enter Link text Hiroshima is a modern catastrophe, the very epitome of nuclear holocaust. The United States reply to Pearl Harbor on unneeded steroids, wiping out more innocent lives than rival forces.The United States should be considered war criminals for so.
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki
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  • Molotov Plan

    Molotov Plan
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    Soviet Union's refusal of aid from the Marshall Plan put the Molotov Plan into play. Communists just like the US were buying and making promises, instilling communism into other nations
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    End of Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
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    The Truman Doctrine signed by Harry S. Truman. The purpose of bring Soviet expansionism to a halt. They also bribed countries into become one like the United States.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
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    American initiative with the goal of aiding Western europe after World War 2. US were buying and making promises, instilling capitalism into other nations.
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    Berlin Blockade

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    Due to the fact that Stalin's had enclosed and prohibited the acces into the other half of Berlin, and cut off food sources to the city. The United STates decided to take the matter into their own hands by distributing the food into the city themselves. Basic human rights were broken by Stalin when he enclosed the city.
  • Brussels Treaty

    Brussels Treaty
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    The countries that were not involved in the treaty, their voice was not bothered to be heard.
  • NATO

    NATO
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    North American Trade Organization (US, MEXICO, and CANADA)
    Like most common supergroups/treaties, some countries are not included into these acts. NATO only includes North American countries, which sounds reasonable but the offer to enter this pact wasn't given to other countries.
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    Korean War

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    North Korea attempted to take over all of Korea with it's new communist ideologies and leader. Not allowing the liberty of the south to accept communism by themselves, they introduced force into the already heated argument.
  • Stalin's Death

    Stalin's Death
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    SOVIET UNION (USSR)
    When Josef Stalin passed, a successor was directly placed into power by the committee that was already in Stalin's hand. The people of the country had no voice in choosing their leader. Not only that, but they were also forced into mourning a leader that they despised by armed forces.
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    Fidel Castro Take Over

    Enter Link text Did not believe the country could be legally reasoned with. Brought in the military which put people in a state of fear. Forcing many people to become exiled because they opposed Castro.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
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    It was a defence treaty between the Soviet Union and Poland.
    Countries not involved, although being direct neighbours to the Soviet Union. Countries such as Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Not being offered a position into the pact or allow their opinion to be exercised.
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    Vietnam War

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    Clearly Vietnam did not want to take part of anything that dealt with capitalism, the United States insisted to "free" them from their communist situation.
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    Hungarian Revolution

    Enter Link text They revolted in order to receive change from their setting, to break ties with their suzerain which was the Soviet Union. The people did not entertain the idea of being a communist/socialist nation.
  • NORAD

    NORAD
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    North American Aerospace Defense Command (US, and CANADA)
    Satellites from neighbouring countries and other distant ones, hovering over your country. At times it signals out false warnings that startles people and keeps them in a state of paranoia or doubt for the government´s reliability. People feel mistreated or toyed with.
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    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Enter Link text Failed military coupe performed by exiled Cubans, that were removed from Cuba when Fidel Castro took over.
  • Berlin Wall Construction

    Berlin Wall Construction
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    Seperating a city into a half, enforcing communism into the one half that belonged to the Soviet Union at the time. Those people were eventually denied access to cross the wall due to barrication of streets. Not only that but Stalin cut off all food transportation to the location which broke more laws.
  • End of Cuban Missile Crisis

    End of Cuban Missile Crisis
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    Was started because the United States found Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Both countries pointed missiles at each other for extensive amount of time, which put the people of the country in danger. Anytime the missiles could be detonated when the other party felt threatened. Fortunately it was brought to an end on Nikitas Khrushchev's orders in return of the US respecting Cuba's territory.
  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

    Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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    Prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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    Soviet-Afghan War

    Enter Link text Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in order to keep the communist party that was currently in power, remain in power. Yet another case of enforcing beliefs into a group, this belief is communism.
  • Solidarity in Poland

    Solidarity in Poland
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    The protest that led Poland to escape communism and a communist leader, gave rights to the workers. Introduced more individualistic approach to the economy little by little.
  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls
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    The Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia

    Enter Link text Peaceful overthrowing of the communist party that ruled the country. Their first chance at freedom from being ruled by the Nazi´s then by the communists. The people that did not want their country to be split into half. Even if they attempted to save it, they could not and for that reason that they could not exercise their freedoms. It goes against the many laws of liberalism.
  • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

    Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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