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Following the catastrophe of WWII, the Allied powers came together to form the United Nations; an intergovernmental power, designed to keep the peace between nations. -
Aimed at containment of Soviet ideology, it called for the United States to aid "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." -
A group of 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters were accused of being communists by Congress. They suffered a blacklist in their industry after serving 6 months to a year. -
A US-sponsored program, designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in the wake of WWII. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is a millitary alliance dedicated to protecting and preserving democracy in Europe. -
The Korean War was one of the first proxy wars in the Cold War, where the two ideologies could fight it out without risking a nuclear confrontation. The Korean War is still ongoing today, as a peace treaty was never signed, only an armistice.
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A period in which the two superpowers of the world raced to be the first to explore space. It culminated with the Internation Space Station, a project where both superpowers could work together.
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A deeply unpopular war in the US, it lasted until 1975 with the withdrawal of the US army and the collapse of South Vietnam.
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A failed invasion by US-backed exiles on Cuban soil firmly cemented Cuba in a Soviet sphere of influence. -
The Berlin Wall represented an ideological and physical barrier between the two superpowers at the time: the United States and the Soviet Union. -
The long-held Russian interest in Central Asia culminated in the Soviet-Afghan War, where the Soviets attempted to establish a communist government in Afghanistan, ultimately failing.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the first chips in the Soviet armor, with East and West Germany reuniting within a couple of days.