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national insurance act
the new goverment passed the national insurance act and the national health service act.the insurance act provided government funds to help the unempolyed, the sick , and the aged -
control of greece
the communist peoples libration army and anticommunist forces supported by reat brtain were fighting each other for control of greece -
de gaulle
de gaullehelp establish a new government called the fourth republic. it featured a strong parliment and a weak presidency -
george kennan
george kennan a well known U.S dipolomat with much knowledge of sovient affairs argued for a policy of containment to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further sovient aggresive moves -
unify the three western sections
great britain, france, and the united states were making plans to unify the three western sections of germany and create a western german government -
north atlantic treaty organization
the divisions created by the cold war led the nation of western europe to form the north north atlantic treaty organizations -
first atomic bomb
the soviet union had set off its first atomic bomb in 1994 -
federal republic of germany
the federal republic of germany or west germany was formally creadted. it capital was bonn. -
sovient union
sovient union tried to take disadvantage of the american concern over missiles to solve to problem of west berlin -
sputnik I
the sovient ssent sputnik I the first human made space satelite to orbit the earth. -
fidel castro
a left wing revolutionary named fidel castro overthrew the cuban dicatator dictator fulgencio batista and set up a sovient supported totalitarianregime in cuba -
east german government
the east german government began to build a wall seperating west berlin from east berlin. become a massive barrier -
missiles headed to cuba
kennedy found out that sovient missiles were heading to cuba he decide to blockade cuba and prevent the fleet from reaching it destination -
communication system
a hot line communications system between moscow and washington d.c was installed. the two superpowers could now communicate quickly in times of crisis -
john f. kennedy
john f. kennedy became the youngest elected president int he history of the unithed states. his time was cut short he got killed by an assassin -
president lyndon b. johnson
under prisendent lyndon b. johnson increasing numbers of u.s troops were sent to vietnam. their purpose was to keep the communist regime north vietnam from gaining control of south vietnam -
vice president john f. kennedy
johnson won a new term as prsident in a landside victory -
students protest
a series of student rpowas followed by general labor strike -
president nixon
president nixon reached an agreement with north vietnam that allowed the united states to withdraw it force.
