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HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
Committee responsible for rooting out communists in American Government and Society -
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Berlin Blockade
Soviet attempt to starve west Berlin, led to Berlin Airlift -
NATO
Military alliance by western nations to defence against communist -
Race for H-Bomb
Nuclear arm race between USA & USSR for their advantages -
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Warsaw Pact
Military alliance by eastern against western nations -
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban exile’s rebellion supported by CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro in April 1961 -
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Berlin Wall
Divide Berlin to west and east to prevent citizen escape to west from east, built by East Germany -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Crisis by USSR attempt to deploy nuclear missile in Cuba -
Election of Reagan
The turning point of the Cold War to end the Cold War -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Removal of wall between East & West, symbol of End of Cold War