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The United Nations was formed in San Francisco California after World War ll to maintain international peace and security among countries. -
President Harry S. Truman asked congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece. -
The Hollywood Ten was a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era. They were sentenced to one year in jail. -
The United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. Also known as the European Recovery Plan. -
NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe to protect the people and territory of its members. -
The Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel. -
The Americans and Soviets competed to become the first nation to put a human into space. The United States won. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attack launched by the CIA to push the Cuban leader from power. It failed because CIA analysts had failed to spot coral reefs in shallow water. -
The purpose of the Berlin Wall going up was to close off access between East and West Berlin. The East German soldiers built more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier. -
The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. They decided to send money, supplies, and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government. -
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. -
Schabowski has announced a new travel policy for the Germans. The Germans took it as an order to take down the Berlin Wall and so they started dismantling it.