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United Nations
International organization to settle world problems -
Yalta Conference
Cited as start of the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine
US would provide aid to countries threatened by communism. -
Marshall Plan
$13 billion given by the US to war-torn Europe for recovery. -
Berlin Blockade
Soviets block the entrances to West Berlin. -
Berlin Air Lift
US and British airplanes fly supplies to West Berlin. -
USSR Bomb
The USSR explode their first atomic bomb. -
COMECON
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treat Organization; provided mutual help if there were attacks. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhaur
34th president of the United States. -
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Nikita Krushchev
Soviet leader after Stalin's death -
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance of communist block nations. -
Hungarian Revolution
Anti-Soviet demonstrations in Hungary -
Sputnik
Russia's (and the world's) first satellite. -
Cuban Revolution
Cuban dictator is overthrown -
Fidel Castro
Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister and president -
U2
American spy plane shot down by USSR. -
Gary Powers
American U-2 pilot that was shot down by USSR. -
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John F. Kennedy
35th president of the United States. -
Yuri Gagarin
1st man up in space; Soviet cosmonaut. -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban exiles would invade Cuba and lead revolt against Castro. -
Berlin Wall Built
Built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba ships carrying missiles headed for Cuba. -
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Vietnam War
Vietnam was divided into Northern Communist Vietnam and Southern Democratic Vietnam. -
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Detente
Improvement between US and Soviet relations -
Vietnamization
USA agrees with North Vietnam to withdraw troops. -
Afghanistan Invasion
The soviets invade Afghanistan. -
Glasnost
Freedom of expression for Soviet citizens. -
Perestrokia
Gradual changing of soviet economy. -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
East Germany opens to West Germany.
