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United Nations Formed
United Nations was formed. Made to provide security and peace throughout the world. -
Truman Doctorine
Made to provide political, military and economic assistance to all nations under threat from external or internal forces. -
Marshall Plan
Proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
NATO Formed
guarantees the freedom and security of its members through political and military means -
Korean War
Korea split in half with a communist northern side against a capitalist southern side and they had a civil war. The war ended with a border dividing both sides -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood 10 was a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era -
Space Race/Sputnik
The Soviets and Americans were having a race to see who could send their projects to outer space and/or the moon first, to see who could get there first -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba, alongside communist ideas from Soviets. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
Germany was split after WW2 and Soviets installed communism on the East as The U.S added capitalism to the West. They put up a wall to divide both sides. -
U.S Enters Vietnam War
A conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
A Soviet-Afghan war where Soviets sought to prop up the country's communist government in its battle with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
A step to reunify Germany after the cold war dies down and Germany does not need to be split into 2 sides of capitalism and communism