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president Truman's policy to provide economic and treaty aid to countries threatened b communise.
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group of field industry professionals who were blacklisted during the McCarthy era for alleged communist
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USA aided programs to help rebuild war-torn Europe after the WW2
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the soviet union blockade of West Berline led to the Berline airlift by the U.S and its allies
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North Atlantic Treaty Irganizationsm a military alliance between North American and European countries for collective defense
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conflict between North Korea supported by China and the soviet union and South Korea supported by the U.S. and its allies
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soviet unions launched the first artificial satellite, sputnik, sparking competition with the U.S. in space explorations
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failed U,S backed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime
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East Germany construction of a wall to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
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U.S. begins sending combat troops to Vietnam to support South Vietnam in its fight against communist North Vietnam
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soviets invade Afghanistan soviets union military intervention in Afghanistan to support the communist government
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peaceful protest leads to the fall of the Berline Wall marking the end of the Cold War