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Cold War
Berlin Wall, Soviet Union, USA, development of cold war, reuniting germany
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10th Grade
04/07/2011

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the line between the democratic nations in western europe and the communist nations in the east
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iron curtain
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what was the truman doctrine?
Definition
a document where the usa promised to provide money to any country fighting communism.
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what was the marshall plan?
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It was a plan to help rebuild europe and it was the response to the truman doctrine.
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when was germany divided into four new nations?
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1949
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what is NATO and what does it stand for?
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Nato= North Atlantic Treaty Organization. They are an alliance system between democratic nations to protect themselves from the communists
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What was the soviet response to NATO?
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Warsaw pact
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who built the berlin wall?
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Who was the Marshall plan offered to? who accepted it?
Definition
Plan was offered to the soviet sattelite states as well as democratic nations. The satellite states did not accept it
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what political.....thingy did west germany become?
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democratic
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what political....gddehcef did East Germany adopt?
Definition
communism
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who called it the iron curtain?
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winston churchill
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why did we begin the berlin airlift?
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Because the soviet blocked access to Berlin and we needed to get food to the people
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when was the berlin wall built?
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1961
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when did the berlin wall come down?
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november 9th, 1989
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when did Nikita Khruschchev come to power?
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1955
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