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United Nations Formed
After World War II, 51 countries joined the United Nations to help keep and make peace to prevent future wars. -
Truman Doctrine
The truman doctrine basically said that the United Sates could intervene in any country that is threatened by another country. -
Hollywood 10
This was a group of ten people in Hollywood that would not say if they were a communist or was not a communist during the time everyone was paranoid. -
Marshall Plan
The marshall plan was USA sending a lot of money to west europe to help them post war and help their economy. -
Nato Formed
The north atlantic treaty organization was formed for european peace, and it was a big military alliance. -
Korean War
Korean war is when the United States helped South Korea fight North Korea to stop communism from spreading. -
US Enters Vietnam
Vietnam war is similar to the Korean war because it is the United States helping out Vietnam because we were scared that communism will spread through vietnam and then sia. A -
Bay Of Pigs
The bay of pigs is a failed mission that was supposed to stop Fidel Castro in Cuba and get him out of power. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
East Germany puts up a wall to seperate Germany and keep all the easterns in because they were all trying to get to the west. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan so they could uphold the Brezhnev Doctrine, which said countries could not reject communism even if it starts another war. The war ended with Soviets pulling out their troops and Afghanistan going back to the way it was before. -
Berlin Wall Goes Down
Towards the end of the cold war, east germany (the communist one) said they would take down the wall and everyone was happy about it because the wall split up family and friends, and east Germany was a bad place to live.