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346082248Manhattan ProjectThe development of an atomic bomb.0
346082249President TrumanOf the United states ordered the dropping of an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6,1945.1
346082250NagasakiA second bomb was drop on August 9.2
346082251United NationsEstablished in 1945 to replace the failed League of Nations.3
346082252Truman DoctrineOf 1947 the United States explicitly stated that it would aid countries threatened by communist takeovers.4
346082253FederalState with three branches, checks and balances and an independent court.5
346082254Hugo ChavezA third term as the country has nationalized a number of industries including telephone and steel.6
346082255The Cuban RevolutionWas hailed as a great success against a dictator.7
346082256Platt AmendmentWhich also provided for the presence of U.S. military bases.8
346082257Ngo Dihn DiemBecame the president of the democratic south.9
346082258Ho Chi MinhGained control of the land north of the 17th parallel.10
346082259VietminhFought them back.11
346082260General MacArthurNearly reaching the Chinese border, but when it looked as if the North Koreans would be defeated, China entered the war of behalf of the communist North.12
346082261Tienanmen Square MassacreThe government sent troops and opened fire.13
346082262Great Leap ForwardIn which huge communes were created as a way of catapulting the revolution toward its goal of a true Marxist state.14
346082263Mao ZedongHad rallied millions of peasants in northern China and swept southward toward the Kuomindang strongholds, driving the Kuomindang farther and farther south until they finally fled to the island of Taiwan, where they established the Republic of China.15
346082264Chiang Kai-ShekEstablished the KMT as the ruling party of China, but only for a while.16
346082265Three Principles of the PeopleNationalism,socialism, and democracy.17
346082266Chinese Revolution of 1911China became more Westernized in an effort to gain power and boot out the Europeans and Japanese, who had established spheres of influence in the country.18
346082267Iron CurtainWestern influence couldn't penetrate it and Easterners were rarely allowed to go to the Western bloc.19

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