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Meeting of many nations to come together to maintain international peace and security -
Truman wanted America to help other free countries and wanted to help Turkey and Greece -
10 film writers and directors were accused of communist association and refused questioning about it resulting in a year of prison time -
A plan signed by Truman to provide economic assistance to restore post war Europe -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed by the US and Canada and several European countries to have collective security against the soviet union -
Because of the spread of communism and the influence of Japanese occupation of Korea north Korea ended up invading South Korea and had many clashes at the border and rebellions in South Korea -
A competition between the Soviet Union and the US on who could achieve superior space-flight capability -
A failed invasion by the CIA to push the cuban leader out of power -
The wall was built by the German democratic republic to prevent its population from escaping from Soviet controlled East-Berlin to West-Berlin -
The US was afraid of communism spreading to South Vietnam and then to the rest of Asia so they deployed troops -
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan under the pretext of upholding their friendship treaty but they were really carrying out a military invasion -
As the Cold War began to end the spokesperson for East Berlin's communist party announced that the citizens would be free to move between the borders