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HUAC Formed The people who took lead in setting up this committee intended to protect citizens of the United States.
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Harry S. Truman, announced details to Congress of what eventually became known as the Truman Doctrine.
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The Marshall Plan was the primary program of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Western Europe.
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In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin.
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NATO was designed to provide strong military forces to balance the threat from the Soviet Union.
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McCarthyism is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.
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The United Nations quickly condemned the invasion as an act of aggression, demanded the withdrawal of North Korean troops from the South, and called upon its members to aid South Korea.
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June 19 marks the anniversary of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's historic execution in 1953. Found guilty of relaying U.S. military secrets to the Soviets, the Rosenbergs were the first U.S. civilians to be sentenced to death for espionage.
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The Soviet Union initiated the Warsaw Pact in response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which in turn was formed in response to the perceived threat to European and North Atlantic nations by the Soviet Union.
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It was the first artificial satellite.
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The Vietnam War was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations
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Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by a CIA -trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support from US government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
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Alan Shepard was the first American in space.
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The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier built by the German Democratic Republic that completely enclosed the city of West Berlin, separating it from East Germany, including East Berlin.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in October 1962, during the Cold War.
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American Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon.
