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50 countries joined together to make an organization that would try to promote global cooperation and world peace
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The US drops atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, setting off a huge nuclear arms race that would continues throughout the cold war
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Stalin ordered a blockade of Berlin to try and starve the allies out, but the allies did a massive airlift to resist to resupply the city
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The US sent troops when communist North Korea attacked democratic South Korea with support from the USSR and China
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Joseph Mcarthy lost support for his crusade against communism when he made false charges against the Army
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Pact was signed between USSR was signed other communist countries to assure cooperation between them
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Fidel Castro lead a revolution that took over the country and made it communist (ended Jan 1 1959)
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A failed attempt to land operatives in Cuba to cause a revolution
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Soviets put it up to prevent people in East Berlin from escaping to the west
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Oct 22, 1962- Oct 28, 1962 Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba that threatened the US they were eventually removed after the US lifted a naval blockade and removed missiles in Turkey
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Banned all testing of nuclear weapons except underground
