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intergovernmental organization to maintain international peace and develop relations among nations. This is the worlds largest international organization -
A group of 10 Americans that were part of the American film industry were investigated for possible communist beliefs and threats and sentenced to a year in prison. -
The US provides support to countries and people threatened by soviet force. Truman sought aid for Greece and turkey. Communists saw it as an open declaration of the cold war. -
US program to provide aid to western Europe after WWII. The plan provided over $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts -
US, Canada, Western Europe nations created NATO to provide security against the Soviet Union -
North and South Korea had a conflict. The US and the UN fought for South Korea while China fought for North Korea. This was caused because North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union all believed the Korean Peninsula should be a communist area. North Korean troops marched into South Korea to set off the war. -
Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy. This rivalry between the 2 nations was to see who could explore space first, America won, landing on the moon in 1969. -
The failed attack began by the CIA in Cuba. This happened because they wanted to overthrow Fidel Castro which ended in disaster and JFK took all responsibility. -
The wall was built by german soviets to divide berlin into eastern and western parts to prevent population from escaping. soviet controlled east berlin. -
This happened because the United States wanted to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. -
This happened when the Soviet-Afghan friendship treaty was upheld, they wanted to prop up the communist government in Afghanistan and this ended negation between the two powers. -
The cold war spread across Europe and divided East and West Berlin by a wall. It was brought down by protests and east berlin communist citizens of the GDR were free to cross the border.