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They were formed in order to maintain peace and security throughout the world and to develop friendly relations among nations. -
This was when President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover. He also made a program to encourage nations to resist communist expansion. -
10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee were charged with investigating allegations of communist influence and subversion in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War. -
The Marshall Plan gave $12 billion dollars in aid to western Europe because most of these countries were devastated after WWII and the US feared these conditions would encourage communist revolutions. The Marshall Plan also helped reduce the threat of communist revolutions which was good for the US. -
NATO is The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This treaty was formed to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. The member states in this treaty include Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. -
The Korean War was a conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. -
The Korean War was a conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. -
The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight. -
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. -
The Bay of Pigs was an abortive invasion of Cuba in April 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government. -
The Bay of Pigs was an abortive invasion of Cuba in April 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government. -
The Berlin Wall was built in order to split up East and West Germany. -
The United States decided to enter the Vietnam War in order to prevent the spread of communism. When the US joined the Vietnam War President Johnson launches a three-year campaign of sustained bombing of targets in North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Operation Rolling Thunder. The same month, U.S. Marines land on beaches near Da Nang, South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam. -
The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight. -
They invaded Afghanistan because they were under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. This treaty was signed in order for the two countries to provide economic and military assistance to each other. -
The Berlin wall came down because there was a mass protest 5 days before the wall came down. The Berlin Wall falling finally allowed the citizens of the GDR to cross the country's borders once again.