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United Nations formed
the united nations was formed in an attempt to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations on the economic, social and humanitarian problems. -
Truman Doctrine
The united states would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Hollywood 10
a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era -
Marshall plan
provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe. -
Nato formed
treaty organization created to provide collective security against the soviet union. Nato was the first peacetime military alliance the U.S entered into outside of the western hemisphere -
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Korean war
the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel, the line dividing communist North Korea from the non-communist Republic -
Space Race/Sputnik
a space race between the two countries, as each superpower sought to achieve preeminence in the high frontier. The United States met the challenge by launching its own satellites and creating NASA to oversee its civilian space program -
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Bay of pigs
an abortive invasion of Cuba by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government. -
Berlin wall goes up
the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete Antifaschistischer Schutzwall, between East and West Berlin. -
U.S. official enters Vietnam War
The United States entered Vietnam with the principal purpose of preventing a communist takeover of the region -
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Soviets invade Afghanistan
the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. -
Berlin wall comes down
political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany.