[HIST 1F95] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (25 pages long)

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Nato : (north atlantic treaty organization), a military alliance of european and north. American democracies founded after ww2 to strengthen international ties between member states; especially the united states and europe and to serve as a counter balance to the soviet. Warsaw pact : a military alliance of communist nations in eastern europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to nato, the warsaw pact included bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, Hungarian revolution : (hungarian uprising) was a nationwide revolt against the government of the hungarian peoples republic and its soviet imposed policies, lasting from october to. United fruit company : was an american corporation that traded in tropical fruit (mostly bananas) grown on central and south american plantations and sold in the united states and. Fidel castro : was a cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the republic of cuba as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as president from 1976 to 2008.