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it came into existence after its Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.
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Truman argued that the United States could no longer stand by and allow the forcible expansion of Soviet totalitarianism into free, independent nations
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a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era
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proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union
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North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased after an armistice
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the period of competition over space exploration between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.
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we sent U.S. combat forces into battle in Vietnam
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1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba
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the SED began to seal off the borders around West Berlin, first with barbed wire and a few days later with walls
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internal fighting and coups within the government between the People's and Banner factions, prompted the Soviets to invade the country
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The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification