The Cold War

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The place of the first conference of the Grand Alliance in 1943.
Tehran
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The President following Franklin Roosevelt after his death in 1945.
Truman
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The _ Plan that lent $13 billion to Western Europe in 1947.
Marshall
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A _ state. The name given to a country that is officially independent but controlled by another country.
Satellite
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The currency established in West Germany in 1948.
Deutschmark
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The _ pact. A military alliance of Eastern European countries.
Warsaw
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The Berlin _. In response to the Blockade in 1948-49.
Airlift
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Hungary's dictator known for his oppressive regime and nicknamed 'the bald butcher'.
Rakosi
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Russia's new leader, following Stalin's death in 1953.
Khrushchev
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The _ uprising of 1956.
Hungarian
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The name of the first man-made satellite launched into space by Russia in 1957.
Sputnik
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The name of Cuba's leader following the revolution of 1959.
Castro
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'The _ Days'.The nickname of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Thirteen
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The direct communications link between Washington and Moscow set up in 1963.
Hotline
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The new Russian leader following the downfall in 1964.
Brezhnev
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The leader of Czechoslovakia from 1968.
Dubcek
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The Phrase used to describe the liberal changes in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Prague Spring
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The name of the period of relaxation in tensions between the two superpowers during the late 1960s and 1970s. (7)
Detente
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The new Communist President of Afghanistan following the Kabul Revolution.
Taraki
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The new President of Afghanistan after the assassination.
Amin
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The new President appointed by the USSR after suspicions that the previous one was a spy.
Karmal
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The American President during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
Carter
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Both superpowers _ the Olympic games when hosted by the other.
Boycotted
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President Reagan's speech in 1983.
Evil Empire
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The person that gave the 'Iron Curtain' speech in 1946.
Churchill
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The nickname of Reagan's plan SDI for winning the Arms Race.
Star Wars
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The last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
Gorbachev
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The Nuclear ower Plant that exploded in 1986.
Chernobyl
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Meaning restructuring and economic reforms.
Perestroika
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Meaning openness and a relaxation of censorship.
Glasnost
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In 1989 was the fall of the _. (6,4
Berlin Wall
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The President following Franklin Roosevelt after his death in 1945.

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Truman

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The _ Plan that lent $13 billion to Western Europe in 1947.

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A _ state. The name given to a country that is officially independent but controlled by another country.

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The currency established in West Germany in 1948.

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