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Was formed at the end of WWII to keep the peace between countries and to prevent future wars -
Gave money to certain countries that the USA thought to be threatened by communism, to try and avoid the spread of communism. -
Gave Europe money to rebuild after WWII. The USA believed that a prosperous Europe would stop the spread of communism. -
NATO was formed for 3 reasons: Detering Soviet expansion, forbidding the revival of European militarism, and encouraging European political integration. -
A time of prededust against communist people in the USA. -
North Korea (communist) backed by the USSR fought against South Korea (Democratic) backed by the USA and UN -
The space race was a competition between the USA and the USSR to get satellites and people into space. The USSR got the first satellite into space (Sputnik). -
A failed landing attempt on the southwest coast of Cuba by Cuban exiles who wanted to overthrow the communist dictator in Cuba. -
The Soviets built a wall between their portion of Berlin and the rest of the allies portion of Berlin. -
The US enters the Vietnam war to help south Vietnam fight against the communist backed north Vietnam. -
Rebels in Afghanistan were fighting against the communist gov backed by the USSR. The USA backed the rebels. -
The Berlin wall was taken down at the end of the cold war. Germany was reunified three weeks later.