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The goal of the United Nations was to create international peace and security. They were created to aid the people and to create a better life for everyone -
10 members of the hollywood film industry were sentenced to jail for suspected influence in communism in the motion picture business -
Created by President Truman, established that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries that are threated from ecternal or internal forces -
The Marshall Plan was signed by President Truman allowing about 13.3 Billion to help aid Europes recovery. For the US, this provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported democratic governments in Western Europe. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a group of about 31 coutires from Europe and North America to protect it's people and territory. -
North Korea invaded South Korea and was the first military action taken in the Cold War. By July American troops aided South Korea. American troops treated it as a war against international communism. -
Bay of Pigs was a failed attack launched by the CIA to try to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power -
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic to divide East Germany from West Germany, as well as cutting off Berlin from Germany -
The US enter the Vietnam war to prevent a communist takeover over Vietnam. However, it fails and Vietnam falls to communism -
The Space Race, was a race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to demonstrate superior technology in spaceflight. Essensially they raced to see who could reach outer space first and conquer space exploration -
Thousands of Soviet troops were sent into Afghanistan and took immediate military and political control. As Afghan was under Brezhnev Doctrine (Foreign policy by the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, calling Soviets to intervene in countries were socialist rule was under threat) -
Change in leadership and encouraging speeches reunified Germany, leading crowds to come and tear the wall down