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October 24, 1945, after World War II to promote international cooperation and prevent future conflicts through diplomacy, peacekeeping, and humanitarian efforts.
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this policy aimed to contain communism by providing economic and military aid to countries threatened by communist expansion.
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a group of Hollywood filmmakers who were blacklisted and persecuted during the Red Scare because people thought they were communists
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a defensive alliance among Western countries to counter Soviet aggression and ensure collective security.
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it was a U.S. initiative to aid Western European countries' economic recovery after World War II by providing financial and material assistance.
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between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (backed by the UN, primarily the U.S.), resulting in an armistice and the continued division of Korea.
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Beginning in 1957 with the Soviet launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, the Space Race was a competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration
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a failed CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist regime, leading to heightened tensions between the U.S. and Cuba.
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the end of the Cold War era, the Berlin Wall was dismantled in 1989