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HUAC
HUACHouse Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). It's a Congressional committee that held hearings on the film and entertainment industries in 1938, 1947, 1951-52, 1953-55, and 1957-58 -
CIA
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CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) collects intelligence information and takes part is secret action against foreign targets -
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Yalta Conference
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Potsdam Conference
It's a meeting among leaders of the allies near the end of World War II. -
Creation of The United Nations
History of the United NationsThe name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism. -
Marshall Plan
Plan for the reconstruction of europe after World War II; announced by the U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall -
North Korea
It is the date when North Korea beginning communist.
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Red Scare
America's fear about communism from both inside and outside. -
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Berlin Airlift
A program in which the U.S. and Britain shipped supplies by air to west Berlin during a soviet Blokade of all routes to the city -
NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) it was an international defence alliance against communism. -
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Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution in 1949 refers to the final stage of military conflict (1948–1952) in the Chinese Civil War. In some anti-revisionist communist media and historiography, as well as the official media of the Communist Party of China, this period is known as the War of Liberation. -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood writers and dierectors who were thought to be radicals and called before HUAC; they refused to cooperate and were sentenced to short prison. -
Nuclear Arms Race
In the 1950's, The Arms Race became the focus of the Cold War. -
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Mc Carthyism
He was a senator from Wisconsin which accused as many as 57 people who worked for the State Department that were known communist. -
Hydrogen Bomb
During the Arms Race focus of the Cold War. America tested the first Hydrogen (or thermo-nuclear) bomb in 1952, beating the Russians in the creation of the "Super Bomb" tested the 1st of november 1952. -
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Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. -
The Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of the Soviet-domination countries of eastern europe. -
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Vietnam War
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Space Race
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It was the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for who was going to have the best space technologie. -
Sputnik
The first artificial satellite; launched by the Soviets -
Creation of The NASA
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration). It is an agency in charge of the U.S. programs for exploring outer space. -
U-2 Crisis
U2 Crisis
A high-altitude American photographic reconnaissance aircraft, a Lockheed U-2, was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot, Gary Powers, was taken prisoner. -
Bay of Pigs
It was the failed attempt of Cuban exiles backed by the U.S. to overthrow the Cuban socialist government of Fidel Castro. -
Cuban missile Crisis
Confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. -
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Vietnamization
President Nixon's plan to end the Vietnam war that involved turning over the fighting to the south vietnam while U.S. troops gradually pulled out. -
Tet Offensive
It was a series of mojor attacks launched by communist forces in South Vietnam.
