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UN formed
came into existence 4 months after the San Fransisco conference. Its charter had been ratified by China, France, the soviet union, the UK, and the US with many other signatures -
Truman act
in '47 The UK said they would no longer support the Greek Civil War against the communist party, as a result, Truman did not like that the USSR would have been influencing the laws of the other party. he gave a speech to Congress pleading for $ 400 million, pleading that because the Greek policies would change it would also undermine Turkey's policies and then undermine the policies of the Middle East. Middle east -
Marshal plan
plan that proposed that the us should help provide economic assistance to post-Europe. -
nato formed
The US, Canada, and many other Western European nations helped provide aid against the soviet union. was the only peacetime alliance we joined except for the western hemisphere -
The Hollywood Ten
short documentary shot on 16mm. each member of the film made a small speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. The short story is there were 10 people who refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the red scare -
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Korean War
The war between NK and SK started after NK invaded SK. was a drafted war on the US side with men between the ages of 18-35, with NK taking the majority of the deaths at around 1.5 million while SK had around a million. NK who did not have many supplies froze and starved during the winter while SK had warm meals and semi-warm bedding -
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Space Race
was a competition between the us and the soviet union to achieve superior space flight capability.all started when the USSR launched Sputnik the first man-made object to make it to space, launched low radio signals and beacons mostly designed to send a beeping signal. the USSR was winning the space race until it came to the moon, where the USSR could not achieve what the US did in landing the first people on the moon and not just once but around 6 total times. -
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Bay of Pigs invasion
a failed attack on Cuba which lasted a total of 3 days. when Castro came to power in '59 the us didn't trust him so when they had the chance to set up an invasion they started training exiled Cubans in '60 for an invasion. was botched though and never made it far with no air superiority and supplies would have been sunk if the US had played a larger role and shown more force it would have been a US victory -
Berlin wall goes up
the SED began to seal off the borders around West Berlin first with barbed wires and then with concrete walls, they had hoped this measure would put an end to the mass exodus to Berlin, also wanted to stabilize their power and document its sovereignty ti the outside world, also wanted to keep people from escaping -
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US in the vietnam war
The US was drawn into the war by the French believing that if they allowed Vietnam to fall to the Soviets a lot of other nations around them would also fall. The US used cloud seeding which made it rain constantly, along with napalm, and also herbicides would leave brown areas and devastated crops. overall though the US had roughly 58k casualties with 200-250k South Vietnamese losses. meanwhile, the North Vietnamese lost around 1.1million with roughly an additional 1 million civilian casualties. -
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soviets invade afghanistanh
in support of the Afghan communist party, the Soviets decided to help them with the anti-communist muslim guerillas. there was a civil war going on their plan was to take control of the situation and the communist party stayed in control. the 10-year long war ended with the soviets signing a treaty and withdrawing the entire force from Afghanistan -
fall of berlin wall
political change in Eastern Europe and civil unrest lead to reassure being put on Germany to the east german government to loosen some of there travel regulations.