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| Berlin (blockade, airlift, and wall) |
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| The Soviets retaliated by blockading all road, rail, and water links to Berlin and western Germany. This resulted in the airlift in which U.S. and Britain flew supplied to the city's inhabitants. |
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| This was part of the cold war. It included the proliferation of nuclear weapons from both sides, U.S. and Soviet Union. |
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| A term used in the Cold War meaning mutually assured destruction. |
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| U.S. wanted to provide Republic of Korea with aid to repel the aggressors. US forces push N.Koreans back to the 38th parallel. |
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| U.S. government extended military protection and economic aid to the non communist governments of Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. |
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| Fidel Castro, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of pigs |
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| Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest to brink of war for Soviet Union and U.S. Fidel Castro was a revolutionary in Cuba that seized U.S. owned property in Cuba and limited Cuba's operations. He became influenced by Soviets and U.S. feared this and cut off exports and imports to and from Cuba. Anti-Castros landed in bay of pigs and attempted to rebel against Castro's movement. U.S. never came for back up and lost its prestige. In the end, the missiles were never fired. |
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| U.S. involvement in South Vietnam escalated and militarized under Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. U.S. defeated South Vietnam in 1975. |
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This peace conference, held in
Geneva,determined that Vietnam should temporarily be divided at the 17th parallel. |
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| Islamic religious and ethnic leaders objected to rapid social change and a national resistance spread throughout the country, therefore leaving the Soviet backed gov't remaining unpopular. |
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| The Strategic Defense Initiative presumably would have provided U.S. with full high- tech protection from nuclear attack. |
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| Gorbachev, Perestroika, and Glastnost |
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| Gorbachev created the policy of acceleration in which he planned to "shock" the economy out o fits coma. "perestroika" meant restructuring. "glastnost" referred to the Soviets being open to public criticism. |
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| Collapse of the Soviet Union |
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| Yeltsin dismantled Communist party and led country to market-oriented reforms. |
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