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United Nations formed
organization formed to maintain international peace -
Truman Doctrine
policy that said that the US should give help to countries that are being taken over by communism -
Hollywood 10
group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing -
Marshall Plan
US plan that aided western european nations with money to help rebuild the damage from WWII -
NATO formed
organization of North American and European countries that was made to protect the countries -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea because south korea was supporting the US and democracy and north korea was supporting the Soviets and communism -
Space Race/ Sputnik
between the US and Russia- race to launch satellites into space -
Bay of Pigs
failed military invasion- US was trying to overthrow the communist government of Cuba -
Berlin Wall goes up
Went up to separate the democratic west germany and the communist east germany. Made so that people would not leave east to go to west -
US enters Vietnam War
wanted to stop the spread of communism into south vietnam and into the rest of asia -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
fighting in afghanistan because it is a democratic country and the USSR wanted to make it communist -
Berlin Wall comes down
germany became one country again and the wall was taken down so that people could easily cross over