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Truman Doctrine of containment
President Truman's policy to stop Soviet expansion. -
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Berlin blockade and airlift
The soviet bgin blockade of the western Berlin in hope to gain more control over western Germany. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The organization is formed whereby its members agreed to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium. -
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Korean War
China fought for North Korea and the U.S. fought for South Korea. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vietnam War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
the U.S. fought for the southern-based Republic of Vietnam opposed the Viet Cong and the North Vietnam. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missle Crisis GalleryThere were ballistic missiles in cauba assembled for installation. Eventually, the Soviet agreed to withraw missles from Cuba if the U.S. remove the missiles in Turkey. -
Civil Right Act
The Act banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Prague Spring
People from Prague asked for reform that included amendments to the constitution of Czechoslovakia but only led to military cracked down by the Soviet Union. -
Man on the Moon
Apollo 11 ended the Space Race with the Soviet Union. -
SALT I Treaty
SALT I limited the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers and provided new kind of missile launchers at the same amount of old ones being disambled. -
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Soviet–Afghan War
Soviet–Afghan War
The soviet support Marxist goverment against mujahedeen and the U.S. -
Berlin Wall Fall
Led to the reunification of Germany, -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Soviet flag was lowered and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, and handed over its powers – including control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes – to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union was seperated into fifteen separate countries.
