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Harry Truman
President Harry Truman was sworn into office after FDR's unexpected death. He is well known for creating the Truman doctrine. -
United Nations
The UN was created at the end of World War Two. This was created to prevent future wars. -
Truman Doctrine
This Doctrine was created by President Truman to protect all democratic nations under the threat from other groups. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. This practice was and idea based off of McCarthy. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was a European Recovery Program was created by the USA to help rebuild Western Europe. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Orginization was an alliance of countries. These countries vow to prevent future wars. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Orginization is a group of countries created in 1949 -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. This was an idea created by McCarthy. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict between the North Koreans and South Koreans. The USA intervened the conflict and joined the south to fight the Northern communists. The outcome of the war was a cease fire treaty on the 38th parallel. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was a war against North Korea and south Korea. The USA decided to fight with the south Koreans and the outcome was a treaty on the 38th parallel. -
Red scare
The red scare was the second fear of the spread of communism. This created propaganda that made society fear the USSR. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. His term ended in 1961 -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War began because the US wanted to prevent communism spreading into South Vietnamese territory. The outcome of the war ended with the USA leaving the country and the North Vietnamese taking total control of the country. This war ended in 1973 (America's longest war) -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist north and the Democratic south. The USA deployed troops into Vietnam to fight for the south. Thus war was our longest lasting war, it ended in 1975 -
John F. Kennedy
President Kennedy was the 35th president of the USA. He didn't get to finish his presidency because he was assassinated in 1963 -
Bay of pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt of Cuban exiles to overthrow the communist government. 1400 men attempted to invade from the south end of Cuba, they failed. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the USA and the USER on Cuban waters. The US found Russian nuclear missiles on Cuban soil. So the US made a barracade around Cuba to keep the Russians out -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the US has ever been to nuclear war with the USSR. The Russians put nuclear missiles in Cuba for precautions. The US blockaded Cuba to prevent any Russian-cuban communication. -
Kennedy's assassination
The assassination of President Kennedy was a horrible occurrence. Lee H. Oswald assassinated Kennedy for an unknown reason because he was assassinated himself. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson was the 36th president of the USA. He was sworn into office after the assassination of Kennedy. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the USA. He was also the first president to almost be impeached from treason. He resigned in 1974. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the USA. He was also an American actor. -
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush was the 41st president of the USA. He was also one of the directors of the CIA. -
Fall of communism in Eastern Europe
Communism in Eastern Europe ended after the Berlin wall fell. This occurred because the eastern countries in Europe got hope after the wall fell. -
Persian Gulf War
The Persian gulf war happened because Iraq invaded Kuwait. The US wanted to insure that we kept our oil supply. -
Fall of the Soviet union
The Soviet union ending began with the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. The communist country slowly began to fall apart. But the last USSR flag in the air was taken down in 1991. This created an independent Russia. -
William Clinton
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the USA. He was in many scandals. -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement was a document establishing a trilateral trade. This trade agreement was between the USA, Mexico, and Canada. -
George W. Bush
President George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the USA. His father was the 41st president. -
September 11 terrorist attacks
These terrorist attacks, also known as 9/11 created great awareness. This was the first attack on US soil since the Pearl Harbor attacks. -
War in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan started because of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The "war" "ended" in 2014. -
War in Iraq
The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. This conflict also ended in 2014.
