HISTORY REVISION 101

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Cold War
the period between the end of World War II in 1945 and the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite states in 1991
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Protatgonists
They were the West, led by the United States, and the eastern bloc, led by the Soviet Union.
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President Harry Truman
He adopted a policy of containment toward Soviet expansion and the spread of communism referring to the frequent and deepening crises between the United States and the Soviet Union. Also, in spite of their alliance against Germany in World War II
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The Bolshevik Revolution
It was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.
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The Russian Revolution
It was the collapse of an empire under Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of Marxian socialism under Lenin and his Bolsheviks. It sparked the beginning of a new era in Russia that had effects on countries around the world.
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Soviet Union
Another word for the "USSR" or Russia. It had a number of 14 countries in it its government and economy were highly centralized.
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Nuclear Weapons
A bomb or missile that uses nuclear energy to cause an explosion
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Eastern Bloc
It was a group of communist states that were under control of the soviet union during the cold war in opposition to the capitalist of the Western bloc.
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Western bloc
It was a group of communist states that were under control of the united states and NATO against the soviet union and the Warsaw Pact
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NATO
To strengthen the Western Allies' military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies.
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Warsaw Pact
Where the soviet union and its seven european satellites signed a treaty which created the whole thing
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Hungarian Uprising
A nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies
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The Cuban Missle Crisis
It's a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
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The bay of Pigs Incident
It was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. The United States sought the elimination of Castro for his insistence on communism
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The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold Warthe Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
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The treaty of Versaillies
Developing a treaty that would punish Germany and meet the goals of the various Allied Powers.
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The Truman Doctrine
In this doctrine, President Truman said that the United States would go to whatever lengths possible to contain the spread of communism and stop the United States' former ally, the Soviet Union.
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The Marshall Doctrine
The plan was for President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall
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The Brezhnev Doctrine
Affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.
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The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
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The arms race
A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapon, an escalation of the arms race between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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The iron curtain
After the war the West felt threatened by the continued expansionist policy of the Soviet Union, and the traditional Russian fear of incursion from the West continued
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Red army
Where the Soviet government decreed compulsory military training for workers and peasants who did not employ hired labour, and this was the beginning of the Red Army.
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Satellite States
They were nations that was aligned and also influenced by pressure of about 6 countries by the cold war
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Federal Republic
This was when after WWII happened, it divided into four zones [British, USA, France and the Soviet].
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The Grand Alliance [The Big Three]
This was where the USA[Roosevelt], Britain[Churchill] and Soviet[Stalin] all formed a team together to take down Hitler. This had lasted into they all got into an argument, involving the government which led them going their seperate ways.
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The Soviet Invasion of Hungary
the Soviet Army began leaving Hungary, with the last troops being withdrawn on June 19, 1991.
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The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.Although the Soviet Union's action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences
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SALT 1
It led to restrain the arms race in strategic (long-range or intercontinental) ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons.
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SALT 2
It were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union
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They were the West, led by the United States, and the eastern bloc, led by the Soviet Union.

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Protatgonists

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He adopted a policy of containment toward Soviet expansion and the spread of communism referring to the frequent and deepening crises between the United States and the Soviet Union. Also, in spite of their alliance against Germany in World War II

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It was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.

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It was the collapse of an empire under Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of Marxian socialism under Lenin and his Bolsheviks. It sparked the beginning of a new era in Russia that had effects on countries around the world.

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