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The time period from right after WWII ends until 1991.
The Cold War
The Cold War was called the Cold war for this reason.
No shot was ever fired.
This was built to separate Berlin into East and West.
The Berlin Wall
This was the line that separated Eastern Bloc countries from Western Bloc countries.
The Iron Curtain
The Cold War ended in this year.
1991
This country controlled the Eastern part of Germany.
The Soviet Union
These were the three countries who controlled the western part of Germany.
The US, France, and Great Britain
This was the reason that the Allies separated Germany into four sections.
They didn't want Germany to regain power.
The Cold War was a time of tension between what two countries.
The US and the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union wanted to set up this form of government in east Germany.
Communist
The United States wanted to set up this form of government in western Germany.
democratic
The western countries were known as the
Western Bloc
The US and Soviet Union were able to influence world events and were known as
superpowers
The leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War
Stalin
The eastern countries were known as the
Eastern Bloc
This was built to separate East and West Berlin.
Berlin Wall
The United States and Soviet Union were known as this during the Cold War.
Superpowers
This was when the US and Soviet Union were competing to build lots of nuclear weapons in case there was a war.
Arms Race
This was when two countries competed to be the first to put a man on the moon.
Space Race
The Berlin Wall was torn down in this year.
1989
Who asked Mr. Gorbachev to tear down the wall?
Ronald Reagan
The Soviet Union collapsed in this year.
1991
The collapse of the Soviet Union is considered the end of this.
The Cold War
This was the reason that the Soviet Union began to collapse.
The economy was doing badly.
People feared this happening if war was declared during the Cold War.
nuclear war