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When were the United Nations were born?
It was formed in San Francisco, It was formed after WW2 and had 51 countries in it. -
Hollywood 10
They were brung to court to answer if they were in affiliation with any communism -
Truman Doctrine
It asked congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for turkey and greece -
Marshall Plan
It was a plan to provide economic assistance to europe -
When was NATO formed?
It is a military alliance between 28 european countries and 2 north american countries -
Space Race/ Sputnik
The Soviet Union successfully launched a satellite beating the US in doing so -
Bay of Pigs
An invasion of cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castros revolution, it was funded by the US government -
Berlin Wall
It was built to prevent soviet controlled east germany to non communist west germany -
US enters Vietnam War
The US enters the Vietnam war to try and stop the spread of communism. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
They invaded to get expand their land closer to the border of India
Dec 24, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989 -
Berlin Wall comes down
Crowds of people started to tear down the wall