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The UN was founded after WWII by 51 countries committed to stopping another war of its kind
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This is a document that was the framework for Americans foreign policy.
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it was an economic recovery plan signed by president truman, the purpose was to stop Europeans from becoming communists.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states.
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A short film from the fifties containing short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting from 10 actors
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This war was fought between North and South Korea over communism and capitalism. The US helped the south while the North had help from the USSR
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A race between the US and the Soviet Union to be the first to the moon was to show that "hey our government is better because we made it to space first"
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President Eisenhower deploys the Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
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this was a failed military landing on the south coast of Cuba, America tried to invade Cuba because the USSR was supplying them with materials to make nuclear missiles.
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The berlin wall went up to separate east and west Germany and to stop travel between the two sides. Also stopped the loss of skilled workers.
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the soviets did this to support a pro soviet government in Afghanistan.
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When the wall came down it represented the world slowly beginning to untie again