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He was the leader of communist Russia. He lead Russia against the United States during the first part of The Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin and what did he do during the Cold War?
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It stood for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
What did the N.A.T.O. organization acronym stand for?
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It is an attempt of the capitalist countries to contain the spread of Communism.
What is containment?
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April 1949.
When did the United States help create the N.A.T.O?
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It means to completely destroy a nation using nuclear power.
What was nuclear annihilation?
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He was the president of the U.S.A, and he calmly lead the U.S.A through part of The Cold War.
Who was John F. Kennedy and what did he do during The Cold War?
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An alliance made up of countries with communist governments.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
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A policy that Russia agreed to enter with the United States which means a "relaxing of tensions" in French.
What was Détente?
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1957.
When did some Europeans believed that unity might promote peace better that rival military alliances?
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The Vietnam War started when the French tried to take Vietnam after the Japanese left.
How did the Vietnam war start?
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Winston Churchill
Who created the term "An iron curtain has descended upon Europe"?
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It stood for the Southeast Treaty Organization.
What did the S.E.A.T.O. organization acronym stand for?
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It was a race between two superpowers to get people and satellites to space and the moon.
What was the "space race"?
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1989.
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
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A system of weapons to destroy incoming missiles aimed at the United States.
What was the Star Wars military program?
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Mao Zedong was the dictator of China and he turned China into a communist country.
Who was Mao Zedong and what did he do?
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It stood for the Central Treaty Organization.
What did the C.E.N.T.O organization acronym stand for?
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It was a policy in which Nikita S. Khrushchev reduced the use of terror and released millions of political prisoners.
What was de-Stalinization?
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1950s.
When did the "Iron Curtain" fall over Europe?
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In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?
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Fidel Castro overthrew the dictatorship of Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista. He eventually became the leader of Cuba.
Who was Fidel Castro and what did he do during the Cold War?
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It stood for the European Economic Community.
What did the E.E.C organization acronym stand for?
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It was the reconstruction of the economy. It was announced at a meeting of the communist party.
What was Perestroika?
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1969.
When did Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin walk on the surface of the moon?
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The Soviet Union collapsed because a small group of communists staged a coup, which means a takeover of the government, and succeeded.
Why did the Soviet Union collapse?
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