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The UN was formed to maintain peace and security after the charter had been ratified
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extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world
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a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the second red scare era
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the US provided economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar europe
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formed to secure peace in europe and promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom
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when the Northern Korean People's army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel
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the Americans and Soviets competed to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space
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a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power
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the berlin wall went up to keep the western fascists from entering east germany
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the Us entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of the region
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the soviet union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control Kabul and large portions of the country
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political reforms inside the Soviet bloc, escalating pressure from the people of eastern Europe and ultimately, confusion over an East German directive to open the border