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US started producing weapons at a fast and excessive rate causing Russia to want to do the same. This was when atomic weapons were starting to be developed more and more making war threats deadlier than ever.

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The Soviets created and launched the first satellite that could orbit Earth, this made the US frantic because they felt like they were falling behind in the arms race. Once again technology became a very competitive aspect of the leading up to the Cold War because both sides didn't want the other to have advancements,

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The Soviets tried to block out the Democrats in Berlin, the US fought back with their allies and used the airlift to supply them with necessities like food and weapons, the Soviets then called it off.

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America developed the first atomic bomb which gave them an advantage in military causing the Soviets to fear them. After the bombing America was feared by many countries because it contained more military power than ever before.

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An alliance was formed formed in Eastern Europe  to counter the NATO alliance. It included countries like Albania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet Union.

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Military alliance between US, Canada, and Western European nations to block out any possible Soviet threats that may come.

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The basic US policy of the Cold War, which sought to keep communism within its existing geographic boundaries. The US didn't want communism to spread to other countries but instead wanted democracy to.

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Leaders of US, Russia, and the UK met trying to decide what to do with Germany but the US and UK didn’t trust Russia . This added more tension between the two groups than there already was.

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Korea becomes separated and needs a government so the Soviet and democrats fight over what Korea will end up following and end up dividing the country into North and South Korea. North becoming communists and South becoming a democraacy/

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Berlin was split into zones after the war, the Soviet built a wall around their zone to make sure their people didn’t leave and go into a democracy. This made some people mad that they couldn't leave their zone no matter what especially because family and friends were separated.

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Describe the context of the split in Europe and Asia after WWII and the start of the Cold War 

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Describe the context of the split in Europe and Asia after WWII and the start of the Cold War 

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Berlin was a democratic city surrounded by soviets, Americans needed to fly in and out of the democratic part of Berlin to get resources in and out but the soviets didn’t want them to fly over their territory so they agreed to make a tiny airway American planes could fly through in order to get them these supplies.

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Germany becomes divided into 4 sections, some are ran by democracy and others communism. This cause tension because they are enemies and are so close to each other yet the people living in these terriotries were split from thier families and friends depending on which zone they lived in.