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United Nations formed
Created to broker international peace among countries after World War II -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman asked Congress to allow the US to give Turkey and Greece military and economic assistance to prevent communism from spreading -
Hollywood 10
They were a group of 10 film industry members who refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era -
Marshall Plan
The US provided economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of post-war Europe -
NATO formed
A group of allied countries that provided security for each other against the Soviet Union -
Korean War
Tensions had been rising for five years between the Koreas, but war broke out when North Korea invaded South Korea -
Space Race/Sputnik
Race between the Soviet Union and the US to land a man on the moon -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban exiles who were opposed to the Cuban president, Fidel Castro, launched a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
Berlin Wall goes up
Prevented people who lived in East Berlin escaping to the west -
U.S. officials enters Vietnam War
US troops intervened in the Vietnam War due to a fear of the rising communism -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviet Union wanted to strengthen the newly established communist regime and suppress the Mujahideen rebellion against the government -
Berlin Wall comes down
Was the first step in reuniting West and East Germany