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1924 BCE
Joseph Stalin
Governed the Soviet union from the end of World War two and through out the Cold War. -
Winston Churchill
Prime minister of the United Kingdom who lead Britain to victory during word war 2. -
Policy of Containment
Principle that communist governments will fall apart. -
Potsdam
At this conference Truman demanded free elections. -
Security Council
The five permanent members of the United Nations. -
George Kennan
An American diplomat known best for contributing the policy of containment of the Soviet expansion during the Cold War. -
General Assembly
Policy of the UN in which each member is represented by having one vote. -
Marshall Plan
The United States plan of recovery for Europe after World War 2. -
Truman Doctrine
Principle stating that the U.S. should give support to all other countries threatened by the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union attempted to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel throughout Berlin. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
USA, Britain, France, Canada, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Norway agreed to provide mutual help if attacked. -
COMECON
An organization lead by the Soviet Union that comprised communist states. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President during the cold war, and signed the Marshall plan. -
Warsaw Pact
Seven major countries joined together and formed a military alliance. -
De-Stalinization
The policy of removing the memory or influence of Joseph Stalin. -
Yuri Gagarin
First man to travel in space. He was Russian. -
Sputnik
Satellite sent by Russia to orbit the earth in space. First satellite ever to do so. -
Fidel Castro
Prime minister of Cuba, then became the president until 2008. -
U-2 Incident
An american spy plane was shot down by the USSR. Gary Powers was the pilot. -
Berlin Wall Built
Wall built to separate East and West Germany. -
John F. Kennedy
Kenned served as the United States president until his assassination in November of 1963 -
Bay of Pigs
A botched invasion on Ba of Pigs in South Coast Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-Day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning missiles in Cuba. -
Detente
The easing of strained relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Vietnamization
The United States took action and moved troops from the war effort to Vietnam. -
SALT
First agreements between the U.S. and Soviet Socialist Republic. -
Perestroika
A political movement of reformation within the Communists of the Soviet Union. -
Glasnost
Policy initiated by Gorbachev to widen dissemination of informtion. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East and West were reunited after tearing down the wall built in 1961. -
Nikita Khruschev
Khrushchev was the Soviet leader after Joseph Stalin. He brought up the concept of de-stalinization.
