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The United Nations replaced the failed League of Nations and is a international peace-keeping organization.
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The Truman Doctrine is seen by many as the unofficial declaration of war on the U.S.S.R.
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The Marshall Plan was a plan that offered financial aid to European countries recovering from World War II.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a group of North American and European countries all joining together to preserve democracy and fight communism.
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McCarthyism is named after Senator Joseph McCarthy and means to make very serious accusations without any evidence or proof.
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The Red Scare was a time of mass hysteria over the fear of communism fed by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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Communist North Korea was trying to take over Democratic South Korea and the U.S. joined South Korea to help contain North Korea.
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The Vietnam War was a long and costly fight against the communist North Vietnam to preserve the South Vietnam's freedom from communism.
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The Bay of Pigs invasion was the U.S. governments attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro and free rebels in Cuba.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a conflict between the U.S. and Cuba and its protector the U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union supplied missiles to Cuba which caused major worrying in the U.S. due to its close location.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while the president visited Dallas, Texas.
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After the Soviet Union fell, countries began returning to their former forms of governments.
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Iraq had invaded and was occupying Kuwait for its rich oil, which was unsettling to the U.S. bringing the beginning of the Persian Gulf War.
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With the falling of the Berlin Wall came a wave of democracy-yearning feelings that ultimately brought down the Soviet Union
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The North American Free Trade Agreement allowed for free trade between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
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The September 11th terrorist attacks were a series of attacks orchestrated by al- Qaeda. The attacks took down the twin towers, damaged the Pentagon.
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The War in Afghanistan was initiated after the September 11th attacks and was fought to bring down al-Qaeda.
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This conflict was between Iraq and Iran who used ballistic missile attacks, chemical weapons, and was initiated by the Dictator Siddam Hussein of Iraq
