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Made to promote social progress, human rights, help to create a better standard of living, and helped to maintain world peace by creating alliances.
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10 directors and writers from Hollywood accused of promoting/spreading communist influence. The accused faced jail time.
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Seen by communists as a declaration of the start of the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine was proposed to aid in the containment of communism.
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Plan to stimulate the economy in Europe after WWII. Brought industrial production up 40% from prewar production. Successful plan
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance created with the US, Canada, and many western European nations to help contain the spread of communism
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Caused by the spread of communism, American attempts at containing communism, and the occupation of Korea by the Japanese during WWII
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A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to reach space first/ advance technology to prove superiority
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Failed invasion of Cuba by the US in an attempt to push out leader Fidel Castro
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The Berlin wall was put up over night to stop the fleeing of people from communist east Germany into west Germany. Created a physical, political, and social divide between the country
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The US enters the Vietnam war in an attempt to stop the spread of communism
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Soviets invade Afghanistan in support of communist government to fight off anti-communist guerillas
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Wall was taken down overnight by Germans. Began to reunification of Germany