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The UN was created in an attempt to maintain international peace and security. -
Pledge from President Truman to defend against the spread of communism. -
10 producers, directors, and screenwriters from Hollywood potentially had connections to the Soviets. They spent time in jail after refusing to answer any questions. -
The US gave, in today's money, billions of dollars to countries in western Europe for their economic recovery after the end of World War II. -
Formed to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom. -
War between communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea. North Korea was backed by the Soviets and Chinese, and South Korea was backed by the UN. Lasted from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. -
The space race took a turn when the Soviets launched Sputnik into space. It was the first ever earth satellite to orbit the earth. -
After Fidel Castro took over Cuba and made it communist, America was wary they were going to attack the mainland US because they were so close. The CIA secretly invaded Cuba in an attempt to push Castro from power, but it went horribly wrong and ended in a huge failure. -
Berlin was split in two during the Cold War and the Soviets were seeing thousands of East Berliners going to West Berlin and not coming back. So they built a wall 30 miles long right through Berlin to keep the people in. -
After the North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam, the US rushed to send support to it. They did this because they feared if South Vietnam fell into communist hands, so would the rest of Asia. -
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan because they saw an opportunity for the communists party there to take control. This led to the US getting involved to stop the spread of communism, similar to what happened in Vietnam. -
Political reforms in the Soviet bloc, escalating pressure from the people of eastern Europe, and an East German directive to open the border. It was a pivotal moment because it led to the fall of the iron curtain, and people could travel out of western Europe for the first time in a long time.