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The U.N. is an intergovernmental organization aiming to maintain international peace and security among nations. -
The Truman Doctrine is the principle that the U.S. should give support to countries or people threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. -
10 motion picture developers refused to answer questions in front of court asking whether they were affiliated with the communist party, therefore resulting in a year in prison for each of them. -
The Marshall Plan was designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions to survive WWII. -
NATO was founded to provide security among countries against the Soviet Union. -
North Korea invaded South Korea and declared war due to the spread of communism. -
A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for superior space technology and developments. -
The Berlin Wall was a thick concrete wall made to separate West Berlin from East Berlin due to the East population trying to escape Soviet control. -
The Bay of Pigs invasion occurred during JFK's Presidency and was a (failed) attempt to invade Cuba and push Fidel Castro from power. -
The United States enter the Vietnam War in an attempt to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. -
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and seized control of multiple cities within the country to uphold the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. -
The Berlin Wall was demolished due to the fall of the Soviet Union.