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United Nations formed
The United Nation's goal was to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations between nations, and achieve international cooperation. -
Hollywood 10
10 members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the House American Activities committee, an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. During its probe of alleged communist influence in the American motion picture business. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman announced that the United States would help and support countries or people threatened by soviet and Communist forces. -
Marshall plan
Also known as the economic recovery act. It proposed that the US provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Formation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO), a military alliance among 28 European countries and 2 North American countries that was established in the aftermath of World War II -
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Korean War
The war fought between North and South Korea -
US Enters the Korean War
The United States has joined the Korean War to help fend off North Korea from South Korea -
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Sputnik/Space Race
The United States and the Soviet Union competed to get to the moon first. -
Berlin Wall
Amidst the cold war, the Germans built a that separated East and West Germany. They did this in order to prevent their intellectual society from escaping. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion off the coast of Cuba. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to help aid the communist Afghan government during its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan war. -
Berlin Wall falls
The fall of the Berlin wall was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. It marked the falling of the iron curtain and the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe