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Yalta Conference
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Victory in Europe Day
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Postdam Conference
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Japanese Surrender
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“Iron Curtain” Speech
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine establishes that the US would provide help and aid to all democratic countries. -
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Berlin Blockade/Airlift
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin -
Marshal Plan
The US gave $13 billion to help European countries recover from WWII. -
Comecon Created
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NATO Established
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 12 countries agreed to come to aid one other if any of them were attacked. -
China Becomes Communist
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Korean War
This was a war between North and South Korea. The US fought for South Korea and the Soviet Union as well as China fought for North Korea. -
KGB Established
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Domino Theory
A belief that if one country became communist, the surrounding countries would also become communist in domino effect -
Vietnam is divided
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Warsaw Pact
A military alliance between the Soviet Union and many Eastern European countries -
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Vietnam War
A war between North Korea and South Korea, where the US was an allie to South Korea and the Soviet Union was an allie to North Korea. -
Suez Crisis
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Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched a satellite to orbit the Earth called Sputnik. -
Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba
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First Man in Space
The first man in space was a Russian Soviet named Yuri Gagarin -
U2 Spy Plane Shot Down
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Bay of Pigs
Exiles unsuccessfull attempted to attack and remove Fidel Castro from power. -
First American in Space
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Berlin Wall Built
Because thousands of German fled to the democratic West Berlin, the communists of East Germany built a wall around West Berlin. -
Nicaraguan Revolution
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Cuban Missile Crisis
It was discovered that the Soviet Union and Cuba were in alliance and had missiles located in Cuba, which concerned the US. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution
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Six-Day War
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Tet Offensive
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Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
The Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the moon (Americans) -
Yom Kippur War
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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Mikhail Gorbachev takes office
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Iran-Contra Affair
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Perestroika
A reformation of the Soviet Union's Communist Party's political policy -
Glasnost
The press and public could finally attend court hearings in the Russian Empire -
Communist Governments in Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria fall
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Tiananmen Square
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Poland Becomes Independent
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Hungary Becomes Independent
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Berlin Wall Falls
The East German government announced that all citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Many people climbed over the wall in celebration. -
Germany Reunites
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Warsaw Pact Ends
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Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia
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USSR Dissolved
