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The Iron Curtain was a non physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. They were separated until the end of the Cold War. The term "Iron Curtain" came from Winston Churchill. https://www.britannica.com/event/Iron-Curtain
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Germany was divided into East and west. The East are communist and the West are democratic. The Iron Curtain help separate the two Info from notes
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Winston Churchill went to Westminster College to present his "sinews of Peace" speech. This went down in history as the "Iron Curtain Speech." https://www.westminster-mo.edu/explore/history-traditions/IronCurtainSpeech.html
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This Doctrine was a policy to fight against communism. The Truman Doctrine asked Congress for 400 million dollars to help Turkey and Greece fight against communism. The US would provide military power to help battle communism. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine
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NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an international alliance. It consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. The purpose of the treaty was to defend each-other from communist Soviet Union from taking over. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
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This was a theory if one place went under communism then the surrounding countries would follow. This was used by the United States during the Cold War. Eisenhower described the theory on April 7, 1954. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory
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This was a war between North Korea and South Korea. This started when North Korea invaded South Korea. The US were lead by General MacArthur when they entered the war. https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war
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The Warsaw Pact is known as the Treaty of Friendship. It was a defense treaty signed in Poland. It was founded May 14, 1955. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact
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This war is also known as the Second Indochina War. The war is considered as a Cold War era proxy war. The US troops were being deployed in 1965. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
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This event almost lead the Soviets and the Us to actually be fighting. Nuclear Warfare was also involved. This event is also known as the October Crisis. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis
