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The UN, United Nations, was created to replace the League of Nations after WW2.
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The Truman Doctrine pledged to contain the spread of communism wherever it might be.
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The Second Red Scare was started by Senator Joseph McCarthy as a campaign tactic, but resulted in a era of paranoia and witch hunts.
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The Marshall Plan sent of 13 billion dollars (130 billion today) to help the recovery of European countries.
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was created to standardize and organize military cooperation between essential European nations.
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The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea, following this the U.S. entered as U.N. Peace Keepers to help end the war.
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The Vietnam War was the war between Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam along with aid from the U.S..
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The Bay of Pigs invasion was the failed invasion of Cuba to oust Fidel Castro.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the U.S. found nuclear missiles on the Cuban island and "quarantined" Cuba.
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The assassination of president John F. Kennedy was one of the first televised assassination attempts and was perpetrated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe was when the Soviet Republics declared independence from the Soviet Union.
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union was when all the Soviet Republics separated and the Soviet Union dissolved resulting in the election of the Boris Yeltsin.
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The Persian Gulf War was the invasion of Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait.
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NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement, was created to eliminate trade barriers between Canada, The U.S., and Mexico.
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The September 11th Terrorist Attacks resulted in the destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the loss of over 3000 lives.
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The War in Afghanistan was the war against Al-Qaeda following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks.
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The War in Iraq was the second U.S. led invasion of Iraq to dismantle the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
