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Two major powers
The United States and the U.S.S.R -
Democratic gov't
West Berlin -
Japan
U.S occupation,Democracy,Dominant economy -
International Cooperative Organizations
The United Nations,NATO,Warsaw Pact -
Beginning of the Cold War
The Yalta conference,Soviet control of Eastern Europe -
Beginning of the Cold War
Democracy,Free enterprise system v.s dictatorship -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill -
Beginning of the Cold War
President Truman and the Policy of Containment(or preventing the expanding of communism) -
Marshall plan
Europe rebuild after WWII -
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Code of conduct for the treatment of people -
Chinese Civil War
China was divided into two nations -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact
Military Alliance -
Chiang Kai Shek (or Jiang Jieshi)
Became the leader of Nationalist China ( island of Taiwan ) -
Mao Tse-tung (or Mao Zedong -And sometimes called Chairman Mao)
Became the leader of communist China ( mainland China) -
Deterrence
The belief that having large amounts of nuclear weapons by both superpowers would prevent nuclear attack because both sides could strike back with devastating power -
Battle at Dien Bien Phu
The Vietnamese defeated the French and pushed them out of Vietnam -
Ho Chi Minh
Became the leader of Communist North Vietnam -
Vietnam war
Domino Theory -
The United States
Applied the containment theory to ending communism in Vietnam by sending troops to fight -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall became a powerful symbol of the division between east and west during the Cold War -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brink of nuclear war
John F. Kennedy imposed a naval blockade of Cuba -
Indira Gandhi (Indian President)
Developed a closer relationship with the Soviet Union and developed a nuclear program -
The Paris Peace Accords
Ended the fighting in Vietnam by the United States -
North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam
Vietnam was reunited as a communist country -
Deng Xiaoping (Chinese Leader)
Reformed Communist China's economy to a market economy leading to rapid economic growth,but kept communist control of government -
Margaret Thatcher ( British Prime Minister)
Close relationship with the United States -
Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader)
Instituted policies of glasnost and perestroika which led to the fall of the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall came down
East and West Germany re-unified -
Soviet Union
Economic Collapse and break up
