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Yalta Conference
Roosevelt needed help in Japan. THe big 3 met in Southern Russia and a UN was proposed -
Marshall Plan
Plan devised by George C. Marshall, designed to rebuild the economic security of Europe. Included 13 billion dollars in aid -
Truman Doctrine
Stated that the US would provide money to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
Western Powers decided to use Britain and The US to fly supplies to struggling citizens in Berlin -
NATO
National Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to provide security during the cold war -
Start of Korean War
North Korean troops invaded South Korea under Stalin -
End of Korean War
An armistice was signed that th 38th parallel would stay in place -
Warsaw Pact
The Alliance system against NATO, which divided Europe into hostile systems. -
Nikita Kruschev comes to power
The secretary of the communist party after Stalins death, he also alienated many Soviet leaders -
Hungarian uprising
Imre Nagy declared Hungary a free nation -
Berlin Wall
Soviet Government put up a wall in Berlin to stop immagration to West Germany -
Bay of Pigs
Soviet Ships carried missles to Cuba, and JFK blockaded Cuba when he found out. Kruschev turned back missles -
Cuban Missles Crisis
Soviets started placing missles in Cuba. -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
Came to power and brought an end to the Cold War. Encouraged glasnost( new thinking) -
Berlin Wall Teardown
Border to The West was opened up. East German Gov. had it totally destroyed -
German Re unification
communist leaders open the border to the West.