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15 Cards in this Set
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Stalin
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refused to pull Soviet troops from Eastern Europe after WWll-turned them in to Communist Satellite countries
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West Germany
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1n 1948 the US, Britain and France combined their occupied zones of Germany and created this democratic nation
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East Germany and 1/2 of Berlin
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communist Germany
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West Germany and 1/2 Berlin
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Democratic Germany
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Blocked all routes to Berlin
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In response to US, Britain and France turning West Berlin into a democracy the USSR did this
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Berlin Airlift
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Truman organized this to send supplies after the USSR blocked all routes to Berlin
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Containment
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Keenan's policy to hold back communism
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Truman Doctrine
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ask Congress for money to fight communism in Greece and Turkey
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Marshall Plan
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ask congress for money to help war-torn nations begin economic recovery
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Nikita Khrushchev
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replaced Stalin and in 1961 ordered a wall built through Berlin to separate the city
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Berlin Wall
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stood as icon of the Cold War for 30 years
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NATO and Warsaw Pact
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new alliances sparked by the cold war
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization members democratic governments
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Warsaw Pact
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alliance made up of countries with communist governments
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EEC-European Economic Community
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France Belgium, West Germany, Luxembourg, Netherland, Italy signed the Rome Treaty creating this and set up a Free Trade area agreeing not to place tariffs on goods sold to member states
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