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The House Un-American Activities Committee began having a series of hearings designed to show that communist subversion in the United States was alive and well. The anti-communist hysteria spread through the country and many people lost their jobs.
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Harry Truman provided assistance in means of political, military, and economic ways to any democratic country in threat of external or internal authoritarian forces. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine
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Congress passed the Economic Cooperation Act which approved funding that would reach $12 billion for the rebuilding of Western Europe. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/marshall-plan
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The two largest communist countries sign a mutual defense and assistance treaty. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ussr-and-prc-sign-mutual-defense-treaty https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJ6552buOx2zEETrJ7R9NH7G-Lsqw8stlyn33yPq_osdjyBYv8ag
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The United States detonates the first hydrogent bomb in Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. This put the US in lead of the Arms Race. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-tests-first-hydrogen-bomb
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Many communist countries signed the Warsaw Pact which was the “treaty of mutual friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance." This was signed in response to NATO. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/TheWarsawPact.asp data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxMTEhUUExQVFhUXFhobFhgVFyEaHRsdGhsbHSAYGBgYHCggGB4lHBYaIjEhJSksLi4vGB8zODMsNygtLisBCgoKDg0OGxAQGzUkICYsNDQ0LzI3NDg0NC8uNywtLDQ3NCw0LCwsNyw0MCwsLCw0LCwsLC80LCwsLCw0LCwsL//AABEIAOAA4AMBEQACEQEDEQH/xAAbAAEAAwEBAQEAAAA
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The Soviets put the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object in earths orbit. The R-7 missle that put it there showed that they were capable of putting a nuclear bomb in US airspace.
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The US attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro was the Premier of Cuba. The US used 1300 exiles to invade but they quickly were defeated by Casto's army. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/60s/bay_of_pigs.asp https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfPijQ6xBEln26c7LJhH5bHPNHhmX3jxuWN4OpEvzTPcuVIj4zCw
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President Kennedy announced that the Soviet Union was hiding missiles in Cuba and so the US put a blockade up around Cuba to prevent any other weapons from entering Cuba. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-announces-blockade-of-cuba-during-the-missile-crisis https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuXdhqePKPrtqW_955kur3VUkFZcxZbGXNqZvfOv6VqAjDCJjA
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President Nixon and Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. The treaty would help contain the Arms Race.
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Brezhnev and President Jimmy Carter signed the SALT II treaty. Since the USSR and the US focused on different weapons, they needed to put more speifications and regulations.
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The Soviets sent thousands of troops into the Afghan country taking control of Kabul and other large portions of the country.
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The United States and 61 other countries boycott the Olympics because the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/olympic_games.asp
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President Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative. They were to construct a space-based anti-missile system to intercept any Soviet missiles.
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The Cold War ended when the USSR broke up into 15 different countries. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp
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