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Arms Race
The arms race was between US and soviets. it was a very competitive fight about nuclear warfare such as explosives and missles.

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Soviets invade Afghanistan. They are worried about the US so they become interested in the oil in the persain gulf. The us helps apfghanistan by sending them bilions of dollars.

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Sputnik launched
It was Satellites launched by the Soviets. was the first artificial earth satelite. They launched many more after this, but the putnik was the first.

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warsaw pact
Was a treaty that basicall made European nations under the Soviets military control.  The counrtires who signed the treaty said they signed it in response to the NATO. Later the control of the Warsaw pact was decreased by the Soviets.

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Marshall plan
Was a plan that encouraged Nations of europe to come together and help recouperate the economy after WWll. US came into it and agreed to join if the European countries would meet with them so they could all decide what they needed. It gets its name from Gearge C. Marshall, who came up with the plan.

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Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was the longest war the United States participated in. It was the second part of fighting in Vietnam. It involve the United States and the south Vietnamese trying to stop the north Vietnamese and communist trained south Vietnamese from overthrowing the government and re-uniting the country.

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truman doctrine
Truman Figured that the US was going to have to fight fpr their freedom, so he created a doctrine of international resistance to communsit aggression. It made sure that the US had aid to free nations.

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created
It was The US, UK, Canada, and over twenty more countries coming together to create a political and military alliance. It was made after the start of the cold war, and was created to prevent attacks by the societ union. Problems led to the Warsaw Pact. After the cold war the NATO focused more on just trying to maintian peace.

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Cuban Missle Crisis
This was When the US and soviet union were about to go into war.  The soviet union secretly installed missles in Cuba, and the US found out. They were tryinig to bomb american cities. This had a big impact on the cold war.

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Korean War
Was a was that started due to North Korean Communist troops invading South Korea. They considered this a major violation and wanted the invaders to be kicked out of Korea. Obviously this arroused confilct. There was alot of countries that came into it and helped each side, providing them wiht weaponry and such.  Ended on July 27, 1953.

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Berlin Airlift
involved France, UK, and US tring to supply West Berlin with air. It brought lots of goods and natural resources to them. Its supplied a huge number of citizens.

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Berlin wall was built
The Berlin wall was built to create a barrier batween two parts of Berlin (Germany). It split the east and the west sides. Neither could cross the wall or they would be killed. East side was communist, and west side was non-communist.

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Churchill says "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic and "Iron curtain" has descended across the continent.