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"thaw"
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de-stalenization or the loosening of SU controls was to be accopmlished wiht propaganda and industrialization. (not weapons)
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detente
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the easing of tensions during the Cold War was called____________. President Reagan's Star Wars initiative caused some tension between the superpowers.
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cold war
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the state of diplomatic hostility between the US and the SU in the decades fallowing WWII
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blockade
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Americans found out that SU was installing nuclar missiles in Cuba about 90 miles from Flordia. President Kennedy ordered a blockade of cuba.(no food, suplies or aid cantravle between the 2 countries through rivers railroads or any trasportation.
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