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51 nations formed after WW2 to maintain peace and develop global rules to prevent future conflict. -
President Truman declared assistants to non-communist countries like Greece and Turkey to stop Soviet communist expansion in Europe. -
The first American accused of Communist ties and banned from working in US movie studios. They all received jail sentences because of their "communist" ties. -
It was a plan to provide US aid to rebuild devastated European industries and cities post WW2. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to protect free European countries from Soviet expansion and aggression (war). -
. It fought between Soviet-backed North Korea and US-backed South Korea. North Korea invaded attempting to spread communism. They called a truce on Jul 27, 1953. -
Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviets on 10/4/1957. The Space Race lasted from Aug 2, 1955- July 19, 1975. The "race" was between the Soviets and the US to gain dominance in space. -
It was a failed invasion for the United States in attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro. The Americans trained Cuban exiles to fight against Castro. They surrendered within 24 hours because there were too many Cuban troops. -
East Germany set up a barbed wire and concrete wall around West Berlin. East Germany claimed it was to keep the Western "fascist" from entering and undermining East Germany. It actually stopped defections from East to West. -
They entered the Vietnam War to prevent communism from spreading from North Vietnam to South Vietnam. Vietnam ended in 1975 with the North winning spreading communism. -
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan for it's strategic location. They also had a ton of natural resources. They fought for 10 years before they withdrew in 1989. America helped fund the Anti-Russian Afghans. -
The Cold War pressured the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall. East and West Berliners ran through the checkpoints, climbed on the wall, and began to dismantle it. They called them "mauerspechte", wall woodpeckers