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Truman Doctrine
using this doctrine, President Truman established that the united states would provide military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
United Nations formed
Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the united nations officially began. It was supposed to be a way of resolving conflicts as other nations would gather around to talk rather than throw hands. -
The Hollywood Ten
A 1950s documentary/Indie film, where its cast refused to testify to an anti communist committee relating to their possible communist affiliations and other involvement in communism. -
Marshall Plan
On April 3rd, 1948, President TRuman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States would provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
NATO was formed
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) -
Korean War
North Korea supported communist Ideas, and wanted the entire country of korea to have a communist government, South Korea was opposed to this, and thus they began to fight. The battle came to a stalemate, borders separating them to this day. -
Space Race/Sputnik
The Space race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals (US and Soviet Union), to achieve superior spaceflight capability -
Bay of Pigs
Three US airplanes pilated by Cubans, bombed Cuban air bases. Two days later the Cubans trained by the US at using US equipment landed at several sites. -
Berlin Wall goes up
On August 13th, 1961, the SED began to seal off the borders around West Berlin, first with barbed wire, then over time, they sealed others off with walls. This was made in hopes of putting an end to the conflicts in Berlin. -
The US enters the Vietnam War
Like Korea, Vietnam had many disagreements in terms of political ideologies, thus began a war, same reason that the US entered the Korean war, they wanted to stop the spread of communism. -
Afghan-Soviet War
Civil wars and coups within the government between the people and banner factions, prompted the Soviets to invade the country on the night of December 24th, 1979. -
Berlin wall goes down
On November 9th, 1989, the Berlin Wall is taken down does to the 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.