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The united nations was formed after WW2 in order to secure a peaceful alliance between countries, in order for another world war not to happen. -
The truman doctrine was a policy implemented in order to counter soviet expansion. -
The marshall plan was a policy made to rehabilitate 17 european countries to build democratic relations -
NATO is a Alliance between powerful countries in order to have security against the soviet union. -
The Hollywood 10 was a group of people who wouldn't answer questions regarding their communist affiliations. -
The Korean war was a conflict between north and south korea that was caused by the spread of communism and the american demand to contain it. -
Eisenhower deploys military assistance to the army of the republic of Vietnam which officially entered the USA into the vietnam war -
Sputnik was the first satellite and was put into orbit under Russian control. this fueled a race between the two countries known as ¨the race to the moon.¨ -
Bay of pigs was a failed attack from the US military attempting to push fidel Castro out of power. -
The berlin wall was a soviet built structure in the middle of berlin in order to keep the soviet civilians on the russian side of the wall. -
The Soviets invade Afghanistan in order to uphold the treaty they had. It promised economic and military assistance -
The berlin wall fell in 1989 due to the collapse and failure of the soviet union, freeing berlin's citizens to travel where they wanted.