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Came to power in Cuba in 1959.

Agency of the federal govt whose purpose is to gain information about foreign governments.

A system of government in which the government controls production.

Mlitary conflict between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Policy intended to slow the spread of Communism from the Soviet Union.

Created to give the president information & suggestions about foreign policy/national security.

Division of Germany and the German capital into four parts took place here.

This man takes over the Presidency in 1960-61.

Won major presidential elections in 1952 and 1956.

The leader of the Communist Party in China and the ruler of the People's Republic of China

A military build-up where both sides increase their weapons quickly.

JFK's plan to attack Cuba and overthrow Castro with Cuban guerrillas.

A response to the closing of supply routes to Berlin, Germany.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed in 1949 .

The political conflict and military tension between the Soviet Union and the Western powers.

A treaty signed by eight Communist countries in Europe as a response to NATO.

Becomes the first satellite to orbit the earth.

The U.S. policy for dealing with the Soviet Union, as stated by President Truman in 1947.

Military, political, and economic grouping of nations under the leadership of the Soviet Union

The closest the US and USSR came to nuclear war (October 1962)

Program to give economic aid to the free/democratic countries of Europe following World War II.

Military, political, and economic grouping of nations under the leadership of the United States

Dvided the West and the East and was more than just a military boundary in central Europe.