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United Nations Formed
51 countries committed to maintaining internal peace and security -
Truman Doctrine
His message to Congress for $400 million in military-economic assistance for Turkey and Greece -
Hollywood Ten
A group of 10 film-industry members refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era. -
Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. -
NATO
a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. -
Korean War
North Korea's army invaded South Korea at several points along the 38th parallel, the line dividing the communist and non-communist republic. -
U.S Officials enter the Vietnam War
President Eisenhower deploys the Military Assitance Advisory Group to train the army of the Republic of Vietnam. This day marked the beginning of American Involvement in the war. -
Bay of Pigs
A failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push the Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. -
Berlin Wall built
The wall went up to keep the Western "fascists" from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. -
Space Race
The Americans and Soviets competed to prove their superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human in space -
Invasion On Afghanistan
The Soviets believed the hostile behavior of Afghanistan against Pakistan and Iran could alienate Afghanistan from the West and Afghanistan would be forced into a closer alliance with the Soviet Union -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
It happened during the Peaceful Revolution, which was an event in world history that marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Got taken down from the pressure from the people of Eastern Europe and confusion over an East German directive to open up the border.