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formation of the united nations
the united nations was formed after ww2 in an attempt to keep the peace throughout the nations and to achieve cooperation on economic and social issues. -
Truman Doctrine
the truman doctrine was a program to sway courtiers to not turn to communism and to resist it , and countries who did like Turkey and Greece were given $400 milion in military and economic aid to fight off communist threats. -
Marshall Plan
after ww2 most european countries were torn apart and devastated, and due to the devastation the U.S feared communist revolts would begin to arise. so to try and counter this and help reduce revolt, the U.S. gave $12 billion in aid to western europe. -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental (international) military alliance between 30 members, this was formed to provide security against the soviet union. -
Hollywood 10
the hollywood 10 was a short documentary film that each member of the hollywood 10 had a part in making short speeches denouncing mccarthyism and hollywood blacklisting -
korean war
The korean war was a fight between North korea and South Korean from 06-25-1950 ~ 07-27-1953, this war divided the 2, North under communist rule and South under non-communist republic, it started with the north invading the south after 5 years of tension the north attacked at strategic points along the 38th parallel the lind dividing the 2 sides. -
Space Race/Sputnik
The Space Race was a competition in mid to late 1900s between two Cold War competitors the U.S. and the USSR, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. -
Bay of Pigs
the bay of pigs 04-17-1961 ~ 04-20-1961 was a failed military Invasion landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba. the U.S. wanted to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. this was seen as an act of aggression and cuba called on the USSR for aid due to similarities in their gov (communism) -
Berlin Wall goes up
the wall was put up to isolate the postwar allied western sectors of the former German capital from Soviet occupied East Berlin. it was also put up to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state there was also put because many east germans were leaving the east moving to the was to have better living and get paid what the deserved for their work. -
U.S. enters Vietnam War
At that time, North Vietnam looked to develop a communist state, while South Vietnam aligned with the West. The
U.S. involvement in Vietnam grew following surrender of the French and partition of North and South Vietnam in 1954, the U.S. said their main reason for entering was to stop the spread of communism so the bombed the north. -
soviets invade afghanistan
The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan to gain complete military and political control over Kabul and later parts of the country. This was done to support the local pro-Soviet government that had been installed previously -
Berlin Wall comes down
The Revolutions of 1989 and the economic halt the Soviet Union ultimately led to the dissolution (end) of the Iron Curtain