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UNITED NATIONS FORMED
the united nations was formed to maintain international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights -
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
the truman doctrine was a american foreign policy that pledges americans the support for democricies against authoritarian threats. The doctrine originated with the primary goal of containing soviet geopolitical expansion during the cold war. -
THE MARSHALL PLAN
President Truman signed the economic recovery act of 1948. Secretary state george marshall proposed the united states provide economic assistance to restore the economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar europe. -
CREATION OF NATO
The north atlantic treaty organization was created in 1949 by the united states, canada, and many other western european nations to provide security against the soviet union. Nato is the first peace time alliance the united states entered outside of the western hemisphere. -
"HOLLYWOOD TEN"
The hollywood ten was a group of 10 industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the second red scare era. The film came out in 1950 and it was a film where each of the 10 industry members that made a short speech denouncing McCarythyism and the hollywood blacklisting. -
KOREAN WAR
The korean war was fought between north and south korea in 1950 until 1953. It was the first military action in the Cold War. The united states joined the korean war and eventually led to the winning. 2.5 million people were killed in the korean war. -
US OFFICIALS ENTER THE VIETNAM WAR
President eisenhower deploys the military assistance advisory groups to train the army of the republic of vietnam. This marked the official start of the americans being involved in the vietnam war. America was on the side of the south vietnamese. -
SPACE RACE/ SPUTNIK
the worlds first artificial satelite was launched by the soviets in 1957. this was the initial start to the space race. Sputnik launched into a low eliptical orbit. -
BAY OF PIGS
The bay of pigs was a failed military landing operation in the south west of Cuba, by cuban exiles that was covertly financed and directed by the united states of america. This mission had to point to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist government. -
BERLIN WALL GOES UP
On the night of august 12-13 1961, east berlin soldiers laid a 30 mile long barbed wire fence to separate east and west berlin. The wall went up to keep the so called fascists out of east germany. -
SOVIETS INVADE AFGHANISTAN
The afghan soviet war lasted for nine years. Insurgent groups fought against the occupying forces of the Soviet Union and the democratic republic of afghanistan. -
BERLIN WALL GOES DOWN
On the night of November 9, 1989 the germans began to take down the Berlin Wall. The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the soviet- led communist block.