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US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Truman vows to assist any nation that is fighting communist or at risk of being taken over by communists
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This was americas plan to help rebuild after WW2. America wanted to assist to show that capitalists were good and wanted to help others while communists did not.
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Created the Eastern Bloc
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The Korean war begins
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The Korean war ends while north korea is still allied with russia and South korea is still allied by the USA
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This was a revolt against communist rule in budapest
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USSR puts first living animal in space
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USSR puts the first human in space
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Failed us mission to invade and overtake communist government of cuba
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Nuclear weapons spotted in cuba by a spy plane
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US successfully puts first man on the moon
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The soviet union is declared nonexistant