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China's Civil War
War started over wanting egitimacy as the government of China. -
WW2 Ended
The war ended -
United Nations
An orginization that helped improve the economy, social progrms, and human rights -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decription about the Soviet Union -
Turman Doctrine
A principle stating that the US should help out countries and people who were threatened by the Soviet Union. -
Marshall Plan
A plan where Americans gave aid to Western Europe for economic support to help rebuild after WW1 ended -
Berlin Aircraft
Military oginization that flew into Weat Berlin bringing them their needs and good after the supply lines were cut off. -
NATO
European military alliance and North American democracies that provided strength to international ties between member states -
USSR'S first Atomic Bomb Test
First Solviet nuclear bomb test. -
Korean War
War between United Nation, supported by the US and the democratic republic of Korean -
H-Bomb
Weapon deriving large portion of its energy from fusion -
Dewight D. Eisenhower
American politician who served as the 34th president. -
Stalins Death
Died from cerebral hemorrhage. -
Fidel Castro took over Cuba
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End of Korean War
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SEATO
International organization for collective defence in South and East Asia -
Warsaw Pact
Defence treaty among Soviet Union and 7 Soviet Union satelite states in Central and East Europe. -
Vietnam War
Conflict between the US, France, and Vietnam against Vienamese communist independent movement. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Speech by president Dewight, message to the congress on the Middle East situation. -
Sputnik
Series of Soviet satellites -
Mutually Assured Destruction Plan
doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
Francis Gary Powers
American pilot whoes plane was shut down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union -
Bay of Pigs
1500 armed Cubans landed in Bahiade Chino to invade Cuba, was supported bu the US government and was unsuccessful -
Berlin Wall
Barrier that seperated East and West Berlin, was built bu the government of East Germany to keep East Berlin from invading West Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hottest period of the Cold War, with a confrontation between the US and Soviet Union over the presence of missile sites in Cuba -
JFK shot and killed
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John F. Kennedy
American poltician who served at the 35th president -
Lyndon Johnsom
Leader of the Democratic party in the 20th centry and was the 36th president -
Richard Nixon
Was vice president under Eisenhower, and the 37th president who resigned after Watergate Scandal
