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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. U.S. left Vietnam.

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

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

4. America landed on the moon.

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

6. Racial segregation in South Africa.

7. 1944. This agreement made the American dollar the reserve currency of the world.

8. 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.

9. Wanted capitalism in Russia.

10. Helped rebuild Europe by providing them with money.

11. The countries controlled by the soviet union in Europe.

12. 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)

13. Replaced the soviet union

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

15. 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.

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

17. 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.

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

19. The first satellite by the soviets into space.

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

21. Founder of Solidarity. elected in 1989.

22. 1941. By Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

24. China became communist.

25. Wanted to have less restrictions on the Catholic Church in Poland. Wanted to be independent of the Soviet Union.