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Known as the Cold War, this battle pitted the world's two great powers-the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union-against each other. ... Space exploration served as another dramatic arena for Cold War competition. ... By landing on the moon, the United ...

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Give a detailed summary of two Cold War Events

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Give a detailed summary of two Cold War Events

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was when a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This concerned the Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba, there was tension over the installment of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. In the crisis, the Americans and Soviets had sent eachother letters Khrushchev sent a message to Kennedy in which he offered to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for a promise by U.S. leaders not to invade Cuba.

In the cold war, Korea split North and South, the USSR took the north and U.S. took the south. The Soviets wanted to spread communism and the U.S didn't want this. This led to the Korean War and mayhem.

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  Explain the positive and negative effects of a U.S. action during the cold war. 

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  Explain the positive and negative effects of a U.S. action during the cold war. 

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a. Give and event that the U.S. was involved in and list the positive and negative outcomes it produced.
The positive factor is that with the advanced military buildup of weapons, such that both sides knew that a nuclear attack would avoid war. The negative effect is that it encouraged the buildup of weapons, far beyond those needed for defense.

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a. Glastnot
Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues & didn’t allow criticism of government officials and allowed the media freer dissemination of news and information
b. Perestroika
program instituted in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s to restructure Soviet economic and political policy
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
general secretary of the  Communist Party of the Soviet Union

-efforts to democratize his country’s political and decentralize its economy led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991

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When did East and West Germany finally reunify?

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When did East and West Germany finally reunify?

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East and West Germany reunified October 3, 1990.
a.What event led to the reunification?
The destruction of the Berlin Wall, the cold war, communism weakening, and East German government weakening led the reunification.

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Know about President Nixon’s contributions to the Cold War

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Know about President Nixon’s contributions to the Cold War

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a. What is detente?
Detente is the easing of friendliness or destroyed relations.
b. What is Ping- Pong Diplomacy?
Ping-Pong is the exchange of table tennis players between the United States and People's Republic of China. The event created a dent in Sino-American relations which made the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon.

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a. Vietnam
The Vietnam War was a proxy war between the U.S. and its Western allies on RVN's side with the Soviet Union and people of China's Republic supporting DRV.
b. Korea
When WWII was coming to an end, an agreement was made to temporarily split Korea into two areas along the 38th parallel, dividing the country into north and south. Joseph Stalin,  backed Kim-ll-Sung while President Truman of the USA backed Syngman Rhee.

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Know about the Space Race                         

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Know about the Space Race                         

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a. How did it affect the Soviet Union and America?
This was the immense rivalry between the United States and Soviet Russia. It caused tension between the two countries and both were determined to win and achieve the goal of sending a man into space.
b. Who won the space race?
The Soviet Union won the space race, they were the first to get a satellite into space.
c. What events were important during the space race?
Important during the space race were the launch of Sputnik 1, the launch of Sputnik 2, and the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

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 Know about Soviet Involvement in the Cold War

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 Know about Soviet Involvement in the Cold War

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a. Iron Curtain
The boundary that divided
an imaginary boundary that divided Europe into two seperate areas from the end of WWII to the end of the Cold War seald itself and dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas
b.What did Stalin say about free elections after WWII?
Stalin agreed to free elections in Eastern Europe and to enter the Asian war against Japan were he was promised the return of lands lost to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.
c. Warsaw Pact
This was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The Soviet Union was also involved in this treaty.

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Know about U.S. investment in the Cold War.

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Know about U.S. investment in the Cold War.

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a. NATO
military alliance of European and American democracies  founded after WWII to strengthen international ties between member states, especially the United States and Europe- served as a counter balance to the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact
b.Truman Doctrine
declared immediate economic and military help to the government of Greece & US and Soviet Union struggled to reach a balance in the Cold War which followed that Great Britain could no longer afford to help Mediterrian countries
c. Marshall Plan
wanted to “restore Europeans confidence in the economic future of their own countries”
d. Cuban Missile Crisis
this was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba
e. Containment
George Kennan proposed the Policy Of Containment, since American people were weary from war and didn't feel the need to send United States troops into Eastern Europe

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The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union attended the Yalta Conference which was a meeting around when WWII was winding down, leaders agreed to require Germany’s surrender and to set up in the conquered nation four zones of occupation to be run by themselves and France.