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This was a potential spread of communism. This was also known as the Russian Revolution.
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33rd US President
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The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. This replaced the League of Nations.
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This was an American foreign policy to counter the Soviet Union expanding during the Cold War.
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This is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
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The Marshall Plan was an initiative to aid Western Europe. It was used mainly for reparations because of the destruction during World War II.
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NATO (North American Treaty Organization) was an intergovernmental military alliance.
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The Korean War was a war between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea). The war ended in a stalemate.
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34th US President
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The Vietnam war was between Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The war ended by the reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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35th US President
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This was a failed military invasion.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day scare when the United States found out that the Soviet Union has missiles in Cuba. The United States then put missiles in Turkey. The Crisis ended by both countries removing their missiles.
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President John F. Kennedy was in Dallas, Texas in his presidential limo when he was shot and killed. Millions of people showed up to pay respects to the murdered president.
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36th US President
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37th US President
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41st US President
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The fall of communism showed when the Berlin Wall was torn down and the Soviet Union unoccupied Germany.
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40th US President
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Codename Operation Desert Storm was the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia.
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union was caused by Mikhail Gorbachev
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42nd US President
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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was the creation of jobs for the immigrants. They were also good-paying American jobs.
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43rd US President
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Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001 was when terrorist group Al-Qaeda hijacked planes and flew them into buildings. The buildings targeted were the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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The War in Afghanistan was a response to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The United States was eventually joined by the rest of NATO in 2003.
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The Iraq War was an 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 eventually led to the assassination of Saddam Hussein.
