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Formation of United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization that was formed to maintain peace and security between 51 countries. There are 4 main goals which consist of peace and security, human rights, the rule of law, and development. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a speech given by Harry S. Truman and he argued that the U.S could no longer stand by and allow the forcible expansion of Soviet totalitarianism into free, independent nations. He established that the U.S would provide political, economic, and military assistance to all democratic nations that were under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 was a group of 10 film producers that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing -
Marshall Plan
President Truman was a program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 Western and Southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions would survive -
Formation of NATO
Standing for The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO was created by the U.S, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union -
Korean War
Northern Korea invaded Southern Korea. The North aimed to militarily conquer the South and therefore unify Korea under the communist North Korean regime -
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th century struggle between the Soviet-Union and the United States. The pursuit for both was the domination of space flight technology -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader from power -
Berlin Wall goes up
The Berlin Wall surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and other adjacent areas of East Germany. It came to symbolize the Cold Wars division of East from West Germany and of Eastern and Western Europe. -
U.S official enters Vietnam War
The U.S entered the Vietnam war in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan during the night on Christmas and sent in 30,000 troops -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Due to political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany, there was pressure put on the Eastern Germany government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany