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Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism
Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. McCarthyism was basically a nickname for all the posters people put out for him to win. -
Communism in China
The Communist Party of China was formed in 1921. It was under Mao Zedong's control in 1927. Eventually, Mao led a revolution, and the communist party obtained control in 1947. -
Mao (Tse-tung) Zendong
Born in 1893, Mao Zendong was the communist chairman for China in the 1900s'. Mao is also the founder of the "People Republic of China, and was responsable for the disastrous of the "Great Lep Forward." -
"Iron Curtain"
The "Iron Curtain" was the idea of solitude from the rest of the world to hide the faliure of communism. -
The Cold War
This fight was between the western and eastern powers but main ly between Russia and Nato. -
HUAC & Hollywood Ten
In 1947, nineteen notable Hollywood writers, directors, and producers, including Trumbo(A main witness), were summoned upon to appear before the HUAC, also known as the House Un-American Commitees. The HUAC was later involved in most of the hollywood films -
The Berlin Airlift
West Berlin was taken over by allied troops at the end of WWII, while East Berlin was taken over by the Soviets. The Soviets had planned to take control of all of Berlin by air. Planes invaded West Berlin in this attempt. -
The Hydrogen Bomb
After the Soviet success with the atomic bomb, the idea of building an hydrogen bomb came to plan. Edward Teller explored the idea of the hydrogen bomb. They also were starting to build this bomb during the Manhattan Project. -
The Korean War
A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
The Korean war began when some 75,000 sodiers from the North Korean People's army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between soviet-backed Democratic's people. Basically it was a war between the United States and Korea. -
The Viet Cong
The Viet Cong or National Liberation Front, was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War startedon 30 April 1975 it was between the Viet Cong. -
Sputnik
A Soviet Union artificial satellite launched into space, this created the space race rivelry between the U.S and the Soviet Union -
Containment
United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
