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the United Nations was formed to restore peace and prevent another world war from happening
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the Truman Doctrine was a program put in place to encourage nations to resist communism by providing them with economic aid
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the Hollywood 10 was a group of people in the film industry who were blacklisted because they refused to testify at an anti-communist hearing
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the Marshall Plan gave 12 billion dollars to countries in western Europe to help reduce the threat of communist revolutions
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NATO is a military alliance between 30 countries in Europe and North America
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the Korean War started due to the threat of communism entering South Korea, the USA was trying to force North Korea to end their communist system and adopt capitalism
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sputnik was the first aircraft ever launched into space by the Soviet Union as part of the Space Race between them and the US
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the Bay of Pigs was an invasion into Cuba done by the US military, because they found out the Soviet Union had been supplying Cuba with weapons
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the Berlin Wall was a divider between east and west Germany and a symbol of the division of beliefs
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America entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to stop the spread of communist revolutions
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the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to support and expand their local communist government
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the Berlin Wall coming down was a symbol of the end of the division in the country