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CHINA'S CIVIL WAR
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UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHED
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CHURCHILL'S IRON CURTAIN SPEECH
iron curtain“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” -
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USSR'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TEST
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NATO
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STALIN'S DEATH
josephJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death -
CASTRO TAKES CUBA
established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 LINK TEXT -
END OF KOREAN WAR
endThe United Nations, with United States as the principal force, came to aid of South Korea. China, along with assistance from Soviet Union, came to aid of North Korea -
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WARSAW PACT
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VIETNAM WAR
known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam link text -
EISENHOWER DOCTORINE
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SPUTNIK
link text Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit -
FRANCIS GARY POWERS
an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident link text -
JFK
was the 44th quadrennial presidential election link text -
BAY OF PIGS
Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 link text -
MAD PLAN
plandoctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
BERLIN WALL
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CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. LINK TEXT -
LYNDON JOHNSON
was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy link text -
JFK ASSASSINATION
assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas LINK TEXT -
RICHARD NIXON
the 37th President of the United States LINK TEXT -
NASA MOON LANDING
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GERALD FORD
American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States link text -
JIMMY CARTER
American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States link text -
SOVIETS INVADE AFGANHISTAN
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces link text
