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Yalta Conference
Start of Cold War -
Potsdam
Truman demands free elections in Eastern Europe -
Winston Churchill
English Prime Minister -
George Kennan
Father of containment -
Truman Doctrine
Statement that the US will provide aid to all democratic nations of the verge of communism -
Berlin Air Lift
Planes fly supplies into West Germany -
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to aid Western Europe -
Arms Race
US and USSR competition with weapons -
COMECON
An economic organization under the leadership of the Soviet Union -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance -
Korean War
UN vs communist forces in Korea -
Eisenhower
Eisenhower was an American politician and Army general who served as the President of the United States -
Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact
a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states -
Hungarian Revolution
anti-Soviet revolts in Hungary -
Sputnik
the first artificial Earth satellite -
Space Race
US and USSR competition to see who could progress into space the fastest -
Fidel Castro
A Cuban revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister -
U2 Incident
A United States spy plane was shot down while in USSR territory -
John F. Kennedy
An American politician who served as the President of the United States -
Yuri Gagarin
a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. first man in space. -
Bay of Pigs
bay of pigs was a U.S. attempt at regaining democratic control in Cuba. It failed. -
Berlin Wall Built
Berlin wall was built by east Germany to stop people from migrating to the west. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
When the USSR placed nukes in Cuba. -
Domino Theory
South Vietnam falls to communism so will other countries -
Vietnamization
a policy to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War -
Detente
the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Perestroika
a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party -
Glasnost
the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
The east was having economic troubles so it let passage between the walls possible, led to complete destruction of wall.
