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United Nations formed
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Containment•
Arms Race/Space Race
•The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
•Communism
•Domino Theory -
Berlin Airlift
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NATO established
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Korean War ends
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik