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US vs. USSR MUTUAL FEAR RESOUNDS BETWEEN THE 2 NATIONS MUTUAL FEAR RESOUNDS BETWEEN THE 2 NATIONS INDIRECT FIGHTING INDIRECT FIGHTING USE OF THIRD PARTY NATIONS TO COMPETE FOR DOMINANCE USE OF THIRD PARTY NATIONS TO COMPETE FOR DOMINANCE
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SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AREAS CONTROLLED BY AND INFLUENCED BY A LARGER MORE POWERFUL NATION AREAS CONTROLLED BY AND INFLUENCED BY A LARGER MORE POWERFUL NATION DEMOCRATIC NATIONS DEMOCRATIC NATIONS COMMUNIST NATIONS COMMUNIST NATIONS
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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS COMMUNIST NATION COMMUNIST NATION COMINTERN: SPREAD OF COMMUNIST IDEAS COMINTERN: SPREAD OF COMMUNIST IDEAS EASTERN EUROPE EASTERN EUROPE BECOMING THE COMMUNIST BLOC BECOMING THE COMMUNIST BLOC WARSAW PACT: REPSONSE TO NATO WARSAW PACT: REPSONSE TO NATO
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UNITED STATES DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC NATO: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION NATO: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION WESTERN EUROPE AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN EUROPE AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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RED SCARE OF THE 1950’S SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY ACCUSED POLITICIAN, AUTHORS, ENTERTAINERS, ETC.. OF BEING COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS ACCUSED POLITICIAN, AUTHORS, ENTERTAINERS, ETC.. OF BEING COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS MCCARTHY TRIALS MCCARTHY TRIALS
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DIVISION OF GERMANY EAST COMMUNIST EAST COMMUNIST WEST DEMOCRATIC WEST DEMOCRATIC BERLIN IS ALSO DIVIDED BERLIN IS ALSO DIVIDED
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BERLIN BLOCKADE OPERATION VITTLES: AIRLIFT TO BERLIN OPERATION VITTLES: AIRLIFT TO BERLIN JUNE 1948 - MAY 1949 JUNE 1948 - MAY 1949 PLANES LANDED EVERY 3 MINUTES PLANES LANDED EVERY 3 MINUTES
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BERLIN WALL AUGUST 1961 AUGUST 1961 DIVIDED BERLIN TO STOP PEOPLE FROM LEAVING EAST BERLIN DIVIDED BERLIN TO STOP PEOPLE FROM LEAVING EAST BERLIN
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FIGHTING IN THE COLD WAR TURKEY TURKEY CHINA CHINA GREECE GREECE KOREAN WAR KOREAN WAR CUBA CUBA VIETNAM WAR VIETNAM WAR
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COMMUNIST CHINA BECOMES COMMUNIST IN 1949: LEAD BY MAO ZEDONG BECOMES COMMUNIST IN 1949: LEAD BY MAO ZEDONG COMMUNIST DEFEAT THE NATIONALIST COMMUNIST DEFEAT THE NATIONALIST BACKED BY THE SOVIETS BACKED BY THE SOVIETS
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PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SUPORRTS NORTH KOREA SUPORRTS NORTH KOREA SUPPORTS NORTH VIETNAM SUPPORTS NORTH VIETNAM BECAME A NUCLEAR NATION IN 1964 BECAME A NUCLEAR NATION IN 1964
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COLD WAR TERMS CONTAINMENT CONTAINMENT IRON CURTAIN IRON CURTAIN DOMINO THEORY DOMINO THEORY BRINKMANSHIP BRINKMANSHIP MARSHALL PLAN MARSHALL PLAN TRUMAN DOCTRINE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
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SOVIET LEADERSHIP JOSEPH STALIN LEAVES POWER IN MID 1950’S JOSEPH STALIN LEAVES POWER IN MID 1950’S NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV TAKES OVER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV TAKES OVER KHRUSHCEV IS AS RUTHLESS AS STALIN KHRUSHCEV IS AS RUTHLESS AS STALIN
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OTHER EVENTS OF THE COLD WAR SPUTNIK I 1957 SPUTNIK I 1957 ICBM LATE 1950’S ICBM LATE 1950’S U-2 AFFAIR 1960 U-2 AFFAIR 1960 CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS 1961 CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS 1961 DÉTENTE DÉTENTE SALT:STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS TALKS SALT:STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS TALKS
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Oct. 4, 1957 -- The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. Oct. 4, 1957 -- The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
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SPACE RACE SOVIETS FIRST TO LAUNCH SATELLITE INTO SPACE SOVIETS FIRST TO LAUNCH SATELLITE INTO SPACE AMERICANS FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON AMERICANS FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON APOLLO 11 APOLLO 11 JULY 20, 1969 JULY 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Neil Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
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INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
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U2 SPY PLANE: SHOT DOWN OVER THE USSR
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RUSSIAN LEADERS DURING THE COLD WAR LENIOD BREZHNEV: 1964-1982 LENIOD BREZHNEV: 1964-1982 YURI ANDROPOV: 1982-1984 YURI ANDROPOV: 1982-1984 KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO: 1984-1985 KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO: 1984-1985 MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: 1985-1991 MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: 1985-1991 IN CONTROL OF THE SOVIET UNION WHEN COMMUNISM FALLS IN CONTROL OF THE SOVIET UNION WHEN COMMUNISM FALLS
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