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Maintained international peace and security, developed friendly relations among nations and promoted social progress. -
Program to encourage nations to resist communist expansion. -
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. -
Military alliance among 28 European countries and 2 North American countries. -
10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee -
A civil war between North and South Korea. At least 2.5 million lives were lost. The causes of this war was the spread of communism, American containment and Japanese occupation.
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A competition between the United States and Russia in who can achieve spaceflight capability. The US won by landing on the moon, known as Apollo 11.
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A group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro.
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The Berlin Wall physically divides the country. The East belonged to Russia, the West belonged to the US, Great Britain and France. -
U.S. Marines land on beaches near Da Nang, South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam. -
Soviet-Afghan War was fought between Afghanistan rebels called the Mujahideen and the Soviet supported Afghanistan government.
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Half a million citizens protested in East Berlin. German leaders tried to calm protesters by loosening the borders.