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Communism
ideas of common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state -
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation -
containment
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad -
22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice -
United Nations formed
the nations that make up the UN is China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
berlin airlift
Soviet forces blockaded all road, rail and water routes into Berlin's Allied-controlled areas, stifling the vital flow of food, coal and other supplies -
NATO established
NATO essential and enduring purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. -
Domino Theory
that all the other neighboring countries will have similar events -
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Korean War
north Korea invaded south Korea and crossed the 38th parallel -
Rosenberg trail
Julius and his wife Ethel were tried and convicted of espionage for providing the Soviet Union with classified information -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb, resulting in the first successful full-scale thermonuclear weapon explosion -
Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis -
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Arms Race/Space Race
it was a competition between soviet union and the united states -
USSR launches Sputnik
the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik