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CLEP Western Civilization: The Cold War
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CLEP Western Civilization: The Cold War
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1. Wanted to have less restrictions on the Catholic Church in Poland. Wanted to be independent of the Soviet Union.

2. Built in 1961 to keep people from traveling to free countries. A well known gate in Checkpoint Charlie.

3. Helped rebuild Europe by providing them with money.

4. Flew tons of goods to Western Berlin for a year.

5. Over democracy and communism. Between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Those that did not side with either were called third world. The U.S. wanted Germany to become a democracy.

6. Imre Nagy was from this country and he wanted the Soviet soldiers to leave - and wanted this country to no longer be a part of the Warsaw Act.

7. U.S. left Vietnam.

8. This organization which was designed to prevent war was replaced by the League of Nations.

9. The first satellite by the soviets into space.

10. Where Vietnam defeated the French. They were tired of having other soldiers in their country. The U.S. got involved because they did not want a bunch of nations to become communist. (domino theory)

11. People could leave the iron curtain. Berlin wall was torn down. Vaclav Havel became the president of Czechoslovakia.

12. Founder of Solidarity. elected in 1989.

13. America landed on the moon.

14. Wrote: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. He was a well known American critic of the Soviets.

15. Wanted capitalism in Russia.

16. People in Czechoslovakia did not want anymore repression in their politics. Alexander Dubeck

17. Racial segregation in South Africa.

18. Soviet-Afghan War. The U.S. and China helped Afghanistan.

19. China became communist.

20. The Soviets said they had the right to interfer in Communist nations.

21. Still believed in communism but thought it had been corrupted and gave much more freedom.

22. Said that the U.S. would assist anyone being attacked by outsiders and/or the Soviets. So the U.S. helped with the Greek Civil War.

23. Ended how it started with the 38th parallel between north and south.

24. Replaced the soviet union

25. 1941. By Churchill and Roosevelt.