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This was a military alliance between Canada, the US, and western European countries to stop the spread of communism through the Soviet Union. This supports the essential question, because it created more tension in Europe with the communist.

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The United States had provided funding, armaments, and training to South vietnam's government and military since vietnams partition into the communist North and the democratic South in 1954. Tensions escalated into armed conflict between the two sides. This supports the essential question, because it shows why the split was so heavy since a lot of Asian countries were falling to communism. The effects of this was armed conflict.

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The term was used to describe liberal politicians and labor union leaders who supported democracy and equality. They supported the growth of labor unions, the civil rights movement, and the War on Poverty, while simultaneously opposing totalitarianism and communism. This contributes to the essential question, because it shows the other side and the people trying to fight communism. The effects of this was that these cold was liberals that were in charge had the power to go into Europe and Asia and fight the communism.

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using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. This supports the essential question, because it cause the United States to intervene in Asian countries. The effects of this was that it created wars in Asia to fight the spread of communism.

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Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces, especially the communist. This supports the essential question, because it shows how much the other side tried to combat communism wherever in the world it presented itself. The effects of this doctrine was that the US was able to help stop communism more freely.

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US operation to get supplies to West Germany. The conflict was that they had to fly over soviet territory to reach their destination. This supports the essential question, because it caused mass amounts of fear and tension and people were unsure of how it would turn out. The effects of it was that the Soviet Allowed the US to fly over a very narrow strip.

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The Berlin Wall was built by the soviets that were in control East Germany in order to keep their people on their side of Germany and not allow them to leave communism. This contributes the split of Europe and Asia, because because within the country there was a fight for power witch lead it to be split more. This caused tensions at the boarders.

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Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named Argonaut, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. This adds to the essential question, because during this the US wanted to use this to spread democracy. The effect of this was that the US was recognized as a power that would do anything to stop the spread of Communism.

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An American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $12 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II. This contributes to the essential question, because it shows how American leaders wanted to have the power to influence Europe and stop communism from spreading. The effects of this was that American forces were able to go combat communism in Europe.

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war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and insurrections in the south. South Korea was with the US and North Korea was under the communist. The cause of this ws was because the US wanted to get involved in order to stop the country from falling to communism. The effects of this was that to this day nothing was moved and the two sides still don't like each other.

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Declaration that the United States would actively combat communism in the Middle East and Asia. This adds to the essential question, because it shows how there was a split due to communism spread occurring in Asian and Middle eastern countries. The effects of the United States actively fighting communism was that there were wars started in Asia that created more ongoing conflict.

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Warned that the fall of a non-Communist government to communism in Southeast Asia would trigger the spread of communism to neighboring countries. This was important, because it was a warning with a hope to end the the split in Europe and Asia after the threat of communism was near.

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