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House Un American Activites
Investigations of subversive activities (of Nazis, communists, etc.) Trials conducted by the House of Representatives -
Yalta Conference
a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the -
United States formation
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security -
Postdam Conference
a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and -
Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947 President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology -
Marshall Plan
a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall -
Berlin Airlfit
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin -
Creation of Berlin Wall
It violates civil liberties of free speech and assembly. Just being accused ruined lives and careers -
NATO formation
1949, North Atlantic Treaty Organization: an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security -
Era of McCarthyism
attacks could-be communists within the State Department and later the U.S. Army. -
Ending of SOuth Korea
1950 the war between North Korea and South Korea stopped -
North Korean invasion on South Korean
1950, a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948 -
Rosenberg Execution
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Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
1950 the war between North Korea and South Korea -
Warsaw treaty
1955, The Warsaw Treaty (1955–91) is the informal name for the mutual defense Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance commonly known -
First sputnik launch
1957, first statlite ever to leave earth -
first man in space
April 1961 -Yuri Gargarin first man in space -
First American man in space
May 1961- Allan Shepard first American in space -
First Man on the Moon
July 20, 1969- Neil Armstrong first man to land on the moon