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Iron Curtain
The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor for the looming danger of communism from Eastern Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
The U.S's declaration of their policy of Containment -
Marshall Plan
The U.S plan of giving aid to war-torn European nations to prevent them from turning to communism. -
NATO
Treaty containing 28 nations that swear to protect each other, -
Korean War
The United States goes to war with the North Koreans to protect the people of South Korea. -
Warsaw Pact
Russian Version of NATO -
Fidel Castro's Cuban Takeover
Fidel Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba after a revolution. -
U-2 Incident
Incident where a U.S spy plane was shot down over Russia after the U.S agreed to respect Russia's airspace. -
Bay Of Pigs
U.S's failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall begins construction to cut off West and East Berlin -
Cuban Missle Crisis
13-day event sparked after Krushchev installed several missle sites in Cuba. -
Ngo Dinh Diem Assassination
The anti-communist leader of South Vietnam is assassinated in a coup. -
Kennedy Assassination
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
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Cultural Revolution
Mao Zedong's social movement that pushed for communism throughout China. -
Khmer Rouge
Led by Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge was a Cambodian communist group that took power in 1975 -
SALT Talks
Nixon and Brezhnev talk about limiting their countries their country's nuclear arsenal. -
Ho Chi Minh Death
Ho Chi Minh, communist leader of North Vietnam, dies before the end off the war. -
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Iranian Revolution
Revolution in Iran against the secular government run by Ayatollah Khomeini. -
Soviet-Afghan War
Soviets invade Afghanistan to prop-up failing communist government. -
Solidarity
Lech Walesa's Polish Trade Union. -
Perstroika
Gorbachev's policy of slightly shifting from communism to capitalism. -
Glasnost
Glasnost is Gorbachev's policy of openness and it allowed the people of the USSR new freedoms. -
Germanys Reunifacation
West and East Germany's reunification of one Germany. -
August Coup
Soviet Harliners take Gorbachev hostage and end up destablizing the USSR to the point of collapse. -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin becomes the first President of the new Russian Federation.
