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United Nations Formed
a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy that pledges American support for democracies against authoritarian threats. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten was a group of 10 film industry members -
Marshall Plan
proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Korean War
War in North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953 -
Space Race
competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability -
U.S. enters Vietnam War
The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. -
Bay Of Pigs
A failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front. -
Berlin Wall goes up
The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin. -
NATO Formed
an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
A protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain.