c. 1900 to present: Cold War blocs and proxy wars, decolonization in Asia and Africa, and nonaligned states.
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- When did the Cold War era begin?
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After World War II, around 1945-1947- What term did Winston Churchill use to describe Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe?
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The Iron Curtain- What was the Truman Doctrine?
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US policy of containing Soviet communist expansion- What economic aid program did the US provide to rebuild Western Europe after WWII?
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The Marshall Plan- What major event created the first Cold War crisis between 1948 and 1949?
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The Berlin Blockade- In what year was NATO established?
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1949- What military alliance did the Soviet Union form in response to NATO?
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The Warsaw Pact- Who was the dominant Soviet leader during the early Cold War from 1924 to 1953?
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Joseph Stalin- What term describes Stalin's policy of forcing agricultural collectivization?
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Dekulakization- Who succeeded Stalin as Soviet leader and began de-Stalinization?
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Nikita Khrushchev- What Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s?
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Mikhail Gorbachev- Which US president first implemented the Truman Doctrine?
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Harry Truman- What was the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
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A nuclear deterrence strategy based on the threat of total annihilation by both superpowers- Which US president withdrew American forces from Vietnam?
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Richard Nixon- Who was the US president known for intensifying Cold War rhetoric in the 1980s?
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Ronald Reagan
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