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Willard Rudy, Jacob Anthony Binga, Immanuel Spain

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1945-1991

The Iron Curtain was a term used to describe the border between East and West Europe. USSR controlled East while NATO controlled the West.

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The United Nations was formed October 24, 1945 after World War 2. Like the league of nations, the alliance before WW2, the main purpose was to create alliances. However, the UN had a military and power to enforce decisions, making it way more successful than the LON.

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1947

The Truman Doctrine was a doctrine that was made to prevent the countries Greece and Turkey from becoming communist. The U.S. sent $400 million dollars to them to help rebuild after WWII

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The Marshall Plan was formed April 3rd, 1948. Instead of past plans, which involved punishing countries for losing wars, this plan ensured that the losing side would get assistance in reconstruction to prevent future wars.

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1948

The western allies began to counter the Berlin Blockade by airlifting supplies and giving them to west Berlin. This supplied much need food, water, and other nessesities to the people of west Berlin

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was formed April 4th, 1949. It was created to protect against the Soviet Union, which was spreading communism in Eastern Europe. The main difference between NATO and the UN is that NATO is a wartime alliance, while the UN was created to promote peace.

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1927-1949

The Chinese revolution resulted in Chine becoming a communist state. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) eventually won the war.

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1949-1990

The Arms Race was essentially just a race to see who could create weapons the fastest and the best. It focused mainly on atomic bombs.

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1950-1953

The Korean war it ended with Korea being divided into North Korea and South Korea. The U.S. ended up getting involved in the war to prevent Korea from becoming communist. However, North Korea ended up still becoming communist.

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1961-1989

The Berlin Wall was created to encircle Democratic West Berlin, separating it from Communist East Berlin. It was made to prevent people from escaping into Western Berlin.

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1953

It was a statement by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the commander of the Allies in Europe during WW2. It stated that in the event of an attack from the enemies, the allies would fight back with a disproportionate size of aggresion.

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1955

The Warsaw Pact was formed to retaliate the forming of NATO and was the alliance of Western Europe and was controlled by the USSR.

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1961

The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of the coast of Cuba. It was mainly composed of exiles who didn't agree with Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution.

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1962

The Cuban Missile Crisis was when The USSR armed Cuba with nuclear missiles and brought The U.S and USSR very close to war.

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1955-1975

The Vietnam War was a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, U.S. It was a long and costly war that the North eventually won the war.

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On November 22nd, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Texas. The motivation for it was that a former Soviet living in the US did not support JFK's views on Communism.

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1969

The Vietnamization was a policy the put the blame of the Vietnam War on the South

Vietnamese so that the U.S. could slowly withdraw their troops for Vietnam.

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In 1973, the US Military decided to pull out all military forces from Vietnam in 1973 within 60 days. This resulted in NV winning over SV.

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On July 2nd, 1976, South Vietnam became a communist government due to the loss of the Vietnam War.

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Around the late 80s and early 90s, the USSR slowly reconstructed away from Communism, as it was failing all around Eastern Europe.

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On June 12th, 1987, US President Ronald Reagan gave a speech about West Berlin. He demanded that the General Secretary of the Communist Party should open the Berlin Wall.

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On November 9th, 1989, the Berlin Wall was torn down during the peaceful revolution. It was the result of political changes in Eastern Germany, and it was the first step in the German Reunification.

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In the Late 1980s and Early 1990s, countries began to gain independence slowly from the USSR. That, followed up with a failed August Coup, lead to the complete collapse of the USSR.