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51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
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U.S. gave money to European countries to stay democratic or to resist communist insurrection
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A group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare
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Proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
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Formed to secure peace in Europe and prevent future world wars
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North Korea invaded south Korea in aim to conquer South Korea and unify all of Korea under communism
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Americans and Soviets raced to see who could put a human in space first which would show which country was technologically and intellectually superior. Also started the space era
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A failed attack from the CIA during the Kennedy administration to get the current Cuban leader out of power
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Soviet Union made East Berlin soldiers lay up barbed wire around East Berlin, trapping Soviet occupied Germany from escaping to the West
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U.S. was afraid that South Vietnam would fall to North Vietnam and become communist so the U.S. joined the war in order to attempt to prevent the spread of communism in South Vietnam
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The Soviets invade Afghanistan in order to overthrow the Anti-Communist parties trying to overthrow the Communist Afghanistan government
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Political reforms inside the Soviet Union caused the Soviets to back out of Eastern Germany, reuniting Germany and slowly strengthening the German Government with the help of their Allies