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An organization made up of 193 states to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. -
Included 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House of Un-American Activities Committee and refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations and spent some time in prison. -
It was a program to encourage nations to resist communist expansion. -
Marshall believed that we need to help Europe "to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist." This lead to President Truman asking Congress for $17 billion in economic aid for Europe. Congress funded the European Recovery Program, otherwise known as the Marshall Plan. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
The Korean War was between North and South Korea, north supporting communism and south supporting democracy. Started when the North Korean's army crossed the 38th parallel. Fighting ended when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed creating a demilitarized zone to separate North and South Korea.
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Sputnik was the first object in outer space, but it also initiated a major portion of the space race within the Cold War which created a new aura of hostility between the two powerful nations.
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The invasion was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power because he was helping the Soviets. -
The Berlin wall was built to divide the Soviet-controlled east side of Berlin from the west side which was controlled by major Western allies. -
President Johnson launches a three-year campaign of sustained bombing of targets in North Vietnam. The same month, U.S. Marines land on beaches near Da Nang, South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam. -
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerillas during the Afghan war. Eventually the Soviets withdrew under an agreement with the United States and a few other countries.
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It started by a mass protest in East Berlin causing the Berlin wall to crumble. East German leaders had tried to calm the protests by loosening the borders, making travel easier for East Germans. However, it ended in the whole wall coming down.