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Creation of the United Nations
The UN was created to stop world wars. It contains countries from all around the world. -
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Truman Doctrine
Was a document implimented by harry truman stating the USA will contain the world from communism or the spread of it. -
Creation of NATO
The USA, Italy, Spain, France, and Britian were world super powers in NATO. There was a ton of western hemisphere countries apart of it as well. -
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McCarthy Hearings
The fear of communism had people including joseph mccarthy accusing random people of being communist. It cause a huge uproar and people to lose jobs. -
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Korean War
The korean war was a war between the previously USSR occupied Northern Korean and the perviously USA occupied south korea. They went to war because of the difference in government. -
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Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower is responsible for the idea of masive retalliation. -
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Vietnam
Vietnam was another war that becuase of the truman doctrine the US had to get involved in so that they couldn't spread communism. -
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JFK president
Was involved in the cuban missle crisis. He is responsible for the bay of pigs invasion that failed. -
Bay of Pigs
This was a failed attempt to over throw castro and communist cuba. -
Berlin wall erected
the berlin wall was built to keep germany divided after WW2. -
Kennedy Assasination
JFK was assasinated in a car by the CIA. -
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Lyndon Johnson
After JFK was assasinated he took over. -
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Nixon becomes president
Richard nixon was preisdent near the end of the war who pulled our troops out of vietnam -
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Regan preisdent
Ronald Regan increased spending which caused the USSR to collaps. -
Berlin Wall torn down
Regan ordered gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall
