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Truman Doctrine
This was set by the U.S. to help countries like Turkey and Greece with $400 million dollars to try to stop the expansion of communism. -
Hollywood 10
This group of industry members had many allegations of being pro-communism. They all denied the accusations during the red scare era. -
Korean War
A war between Communists and democrats in Korea which led to a proxy war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. The results came out to dividing Korea into South Korea (democrats) and North Korea (Communists) -
Bay of pigs
Russia and Cuba were secretly planning on launching missiles at the U.S. as they both shared communist ideas. This was stopped once the U.S. found out and a plan of retrieving missiles from both sides, preventing a nuclear war from happening. -
Berlin wall goes up
This wall separated the capitalist and communist sides of Germany apart to keep the westerners from the east. -
Space race
A race between Russia and the U.S. to come up with the best technology, spaceships, etc before each other to prove if communism or capitalism is better than the other.