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A period of massive fear in the American government and people about the rise of communism.
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The House of Un-American Activities Committee was established to deal with communism.
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The Vietnam War was very similar to the Korean war. Here again, the US got involved because of containment.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, andStalin, respectively, to discuss Europe's rebuilding.
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A second wave of the Leage of Nations where world leaders come together and discuss issues.
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The US, USSR, and UK got together to discuss rebuilding in Europe.
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The idea that the US government would support free peoples resisting communism.
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The idea that by monetary support, the US could encourage unstable countries to develope democratic systems of government instead of communist.
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The Central Intelegence Agency was created.
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The US and allies lifted supplies over the Berlin Wall to those trapped inside.
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The North American Treaty Orginization was developed.
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After WWII, Korea was divided into two countries: North Korea and South Korea. Eventually communist North Korea attempted to take South Korea and make them communist. In an attempt to contain communism, the United States got involved.
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In responce to the NATO, the USSR devised its own agreement with surrounding allies.
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Soviet Russia launched the first unmanned satelite into orbit around the earth.
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American forces hoped to attack Cuba through the Bay of Pigs but the attack ultimately failed.
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A wall built by the USSR that divided Germany in half; democratic vs communist.
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Through a series of increasing tensions, America and the USSR came within minutes of a third world war that would have destroyed mankind with nuclear weapons.
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On a revered holiday in Vietnam, the Vietkong launched an offensive attack on the North and American Forces.
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NASA put the first man on the moon in the name of America.
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Students protesting against the war at the college were shot when things turned sour.
