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Atomic Bomb
United States drops an atomic Bomb on Japan -
Berlin Airlift
Soviets block the Western Allies -
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Buffer States of the USSR
Poland and other states between Germany and the Soviet Union. Being noncommunist before WWII, and were communist after WWII. -
Marshall Plan- Détente
A European recovery program to help western Europe. US gives over $13 billion to help rebuild western European economies -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country -
Molotov Plan
A system created by the Soviet Union to provide help to rebuild the economies in Eastern Europe -
U.S aid to Greece and Turkey
Congress approves $400 million in military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy whose purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion -
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Korean War- Mutually assured destruction
War between North and South Korea -
NATO established
Used to unify and stregthen the Western Allies military response to a possibe invasion of Weastern europe -
USSR Gets Atomic Bomb
Atomic bomb later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan the Los Alamos scientists knew about the Hypothesized hydrogen bomb -
Communists win China
Leaders of the nationalist and communist parties met for a series of negotiation and a civil war broke out- the communists won -
Coup in Iran
The overthrow of the democratically elected prime minister -
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Coup in Guatemala
The operation carried out by the US Central Intelligence Agency that deposed the democratically elected president and ended the revolution -
Beginning of Troops in Vietnam- containment theory
A Resistance war against America beginning with a conflict that occured in Vietnam -
Suez Canal Crisis
An invasion of Egypt by Isreal followed by the UK and France -
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Hungary (Rebellion)- domino theory
Nationwide revolt against the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies -
Sputnik
the first artificial earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union into an elliptical orbit -
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Cuba (Missile Crisis)- Brinksmanship
A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Was a moment when both came close to a nuclear conflict -
China Explodes Atomic Bomb
China joins the rank of nations with an Atomic Bomb capability after a successful test date -
Coup in Chile
Chile's armed forces stage a coup d'etat against the president Salvador Allende -
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War in El Salvador
The conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farando Marti National Liberal Front -
Evil Empire Speech
With the Soviet Union and the United States at odds over nuclear weapons and politics, Reagan believed that by spreading the love and sharing American traditions it would fix everything -
Star wars (S.D.I)- Deterrence
Intended to develop a sophisticated anti ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries -
Iran Contra Affair
A political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the reagan Administration. Officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran -
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Iran Islamic Embassy Hostages
52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 day after a group of Iranian students took over the U.S Embassy in Tehran -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The spokesman for East Berlin's communist party announced a change in his city's relations with the West -
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Fall of the USSR
Granted self governing independence to the Republicans by the Soviet Union -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The Soviet Union formed its alliance to the NATO
