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The United Nations (UN) was formed in 1945 after World War II, with the main goal of maintaining international peace and security, and promoting cooperation among nations on economic, social, and humanitarian issues -
The Truman Doctrine, a cornerstone of US foreign policy during the Cold War, was a policy of containing the spread of communism by providing political, military, and economic aid to nations threatened by Soviet influence, particularly in Europe. -
The "Hollywood Ten" refers to ten prominent Hollywood figures (screenwriters, directors, and producers) who were blacklisted and imprisoned in the late 1940s for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) during its investigation of communist influence in the film industry. -
The Marshall Plan, officially the European Recovery Program, was a U.S.-led initiative that provided substantial economic aid to Western and Southern European countries after World War II to help them rebuild and prevent the spread of communism. -
Formed in 1949 to ensure collective defense against the perceived Soviet threat during the Cold War, based on the principle that an attack on one is an attack on all. -
The Korean War (1950-1953) was a conflict on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea (backed by the Soviet Union and China) and South Korea (supported by the United States and the UN), triggered by North Korea's invasion of the South. -
The Space Race was a Cold War competition between the US and the Soviet Union to achieve superiority in space exploration, sparked by the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 military operation by the United States, aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro's communist government in Cuba, using Cuban exiles trained and supported by the CIA -
Berliners awoke to find a barbed wire fence, later fortified with concrete walls and guard towers, erected overnight, dividing East and West Berlin and severely restricting movement between the two sides. -
The U.S. officially entered the Vietnam War in March 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the deployment of the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam, following the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in August 1964. -
In late December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, aiming to prop up the communist regime in Kabul and suppress the growing Mujahideen rebellion -
Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War and the division of Germany, opened to the public, marking a pivotal moment in history and the beginning of the end of the Iron Curtain.