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The United Nations was formed to maintain international peace and security. It developed friendly relations among nations and promotes social progress, better living standards and human rights. -
President Truman asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece. -
10 screenwriters, editors, directors, and authors in Hollywood that were part of the communist party. They did not cooperate with HUAC hearings on anti-communist activity and were arrested, then blacklisted. -
The United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
Competition between the US and Soviet union on the development of aerospace capabilities, artificial satellites, and human spaceflight that lasted until 1975. -
Invasion on the Southwest coast of Cuba during the missile crisis. It was aimed to overthrow Fidel castro but it failed miserably as they immediately came under heavy fire. -
Wall put up to isolate the postwar allied western sectors of the former German capital from Soviet occupied East Berlin. -
Crowds of Germans began dismantling the wall because confusion over an East German directive to open the border.