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The Truman Doctrine was a promise by the United States to try and prevent the spread of communism across the world.
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The Marshall Plan gave aid to European Countries that were destroyed in the war in an attempt to stop the spread of communism.
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The United Nations was created in attempt to prevent future wars. This was basically an updated version of the League of Nations.
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NATO was created as a peace keeping force to prevent future wars.
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The Red Scare was the fear that communist spies had invaded the US government.
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Joseph McCarthy started McCarthyism which caused mass fear in the US over communists within the government. McCarthy eventually gave full say in who was a communist spy and who wasn't.
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The Korean was a war between North and South Korea where North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States stepped in because communism was involved and eventually carried South Korea to a victory.
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The Vietnam war was a war between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was so vicious during this war that the US had to turn to Vietnamization and started pulling troops out of Vietnam.
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The Cuban Missile crisis was when the US spotted nuclear missiles within Cuba that were placed there by the Soviet Union.
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The Kennedy Assassination was a very huge deal especially to the American public because it was the first President to be assented in the media and on TV.
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The fall of communism in Eastern Europe was a very great achievement. This was a big step in ridding the world of communism.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union was caused by glasnost and Soviet Republic Nationalist.
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When the US's oil was threatened in the Persian Gulf after Iraq invaded Kuwait, A huge war broke out that ended in a US victory.
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Opens Mexican and Canadian borders for trade which opened many jobs.
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Americans invaded Afghanistan after they refused to hand over Osama Bin Laden, who was thought to be responsible for the terrorist attack on November 11, 2001.
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The war in Iraq started when it was believed Suddam Huesain and the Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
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This was a terrorist attack that happened on US soil. This attack killed hundreds of Americans, and scarred many more.
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The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba where the US sent people of Cuban origin into Cuba.
