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Iron curtain- represents Europe's division into mostly democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
Containment- foreign policy that United States adopted to block soviet influence and stopping the expansion of Communism
Brinkmanship- the willingness to go to the brink of war
Domino theory- the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
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United States, Britain, and Soviet Union were there. There they agreed to split Germany into zones of occupation controlled by the Allied military forces. This also created the United Nations, organized to protect the members of the non-aggression pact. In the United States, the major cities stayed intact with only 400,000 deaths.

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United States, Soviet Union, and Britain. US pressed Stalin to permit free elections in Eastern Europe. The Soviet leader refused to.
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US give aid to needy European like providing food, machinery, and other materials to build up the dumb USSR and other western European countries. The communists seized power oh Czechoslovakia so the US immediately voted to approve of the Marshall Plan. US did this because they needed to keep the food and job level even in Europe.

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Retarded Soviet Union exploded the Joe 1 over Turkey to test it out the A-bomb before the cold war. US didnt like it at all so we tried to achieve the H-bomb

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10 western European nations joined the US and Canada to form a large defensive military alliance. When any nation in the NATO was attacked by another, all nations of the NATO would back it up with their own military. Oh course, the stupid Soviet Union saw it as a threat and formed its own alliance.

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The 38th parallel was the line that crosses Korea at 38 degrees north latitude. North of this line is where Japanese surrendered to the awful and stupid Soviet troops. South of the line, Japanese troops surrendered to American troops. The war was between the Communist north and the non-communist south. Of course, the stupid Soviets set up the Communist north. After the war, Korea separated into North Korea and South Korea. North was communist and south was democratic because of the help of US.

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This war was between the Vietnamese communists and nationalists against the French armies. The US was a big supporter of the French so we got involved in their business. We saw a rising threat of Domino Effect that could occur throughout the rest of Asia. After the French get defeated, US troops take their own shot at it. We turned to air plane tactics and bombed millions of acres of farmland. in 1969, nixon began to withdraw troops from Vietnam. He called his plan Vietnamization. It allowed for US troops to gradually pull out, while the south Vietnamese increased their combat role. He also authorized large bombing to occur. There were lots of protests and pressure in the US during this time.

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When the stupid Soviet Union thought that NATO was a threat, they formed the Warsaw Pact. It is between Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania.

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The US was doing the best to promote world peace with the Egyptians, but the European nations took over Egypt's Suez canal. This caused the US and British to withdrawal their financial support towards building the dam. The Israelis and other European nations helped to take the Suez canal and return it to Egypt . The US and Soviet union were actually on a side together and forced the Europeans to give back the canal to Egypt.

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Th stupid soviet union were first to launch the first satellite. The US felt as though they had fallen behind in science and technology so the government poured a bunch load of money into the science and technology fields. We were so mad, that we built our own satellite one year later.

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When Castro came to power, he cut off the American sugar mills and refineries. Eisenhower then ordered a large embargo on all trade going into Cuba. Castro turned towards the enemy USSR to help them out. After the failed attempt for the Americans in the Bay of Pigs, Castro convinced Soviets to build missile sites in Cuba aimed at US. Kennedy declared that they be removed and that a large naval blockade is put up to stop all Soviets getting into Cuba. Stupid Soviets agreed to remove them but as long as the great US did not invade Cuba. Castro is now completely depended on the retarded Soviet Union for support.

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Protest in American during the Vietnam War did not end with withdrawal. The US decided to step down from the direct confrontation with the USSR. This is the policy of loosening Cold War tensions is called Detente. This replaced brinkmanship. It grew out of realpolitik. Richard Nixon did this.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, between Nixon and Brezhnev. Five year agreement that limited the number of levels of intercontinental ballistic and submarine launched missiles each country could have. 33 nations later joined the agreement between USSR and US
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the stupid Soviet Union decided that it was a great idea to invade Afghanistan. Of course, they withdrew. Supplied with American weapons, the people of Afghanistan fought against the Soviets still. The US armed them with our weapons because we thought the Soviet Union would pose as a threat to the middle eastern oil that we need. To protect ourselves, Carter ordered to not have any more trade with the dumb soviet union.

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Regan increased defense spending putting both economic and military pressure on the dumb USSR. Then he started the SDI, a program to protect against enemy missiles. It was not put into affect but remained a symbol of the US anti-communist sentiment. This increased tensions

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