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Yalta Conference
Cited as the start of the Cold War -
Truman Doctrine
USA would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism -
Policy of Containment
US policy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further Soviet aggression -
Marshall Plan
US economic recovery for war-torn Europe -
Berlin Blockade
Soviets block entrances to Berlin -
Division of Germany
Allied powers divided Germany into 4 zones -
COMECON
Council for mutual assistance, Soviet plan to aid in rebuilding block nations -
NATO
Intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Eisenhower
Came up with massive retaliation, any Soviet advance in Europe met with full use of US nuclear weapons -
Khrushchev
Soviet leader after Stalin's death -
Warsaw Pact
Political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European states -
Hungarian Revolution
Anti- Soviet demonstrations in Hungary -
Sputnik
First satellite to orbit earth -
Fidel Castro
Orchestrated the Cuban revolution and was the head of Cuba's government until 2008 -
U2
American spy plane shot down by USSR -
Yuri Gagarin
Was the first human to journey into outer space -
Yuri Gagarin
First human to journey to outer space (USSR) -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban exiles launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
Berlin Wall Built
Built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba -
John F Kennedy
One of the presidents during the Cold War, gave orders for Bay of Pigs invasion -
Brezhnev
Replaced Khrushchev as Soviet leader -
Vietnamization
End US involvement in the Vietnam War -
Detente
Period of improved relations between the US and the Soviet Union -
SALT
(Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) limit number of nuclear weapons of each nation -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
USSR had 10 year war against Afghan rebels -
Glasnost
Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues -
Perestroika
Political movement for reformation within the Communist party of the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
East German government announced that all citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin -
End of Cold War
Gorbachev and Pres. Bush met declaring end to Cold War -
Vladimir Putin
Current president of Russia
