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Harry Truman
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United Nations
This was established at this date, and it is a replacement for the innefective League of Nation which waas created after WW2 to prevent another war. -
Truman Doctrine
This doctrine was announced to congress on this date, where he pledged to contain the Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. -
World War II outcomes
The Soviet Union and the USA created a bipolar world. They became competitors on the world state and engaged in the Cold War. -
Red Scare
This was the promotion of fear of a potential rice of communism or radical leftism. -
Marshall Plan
This was effective at this date, and it was an American initiative to aid Europe, which the US gave $13 billion in economc support after WW2. -
NATO
This is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is an intergovernmental military alliance based n a mutual defense in response to an attack by an external party. -
McCarthyism
This is the prative of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. 1950-1956 -
korean war
A war between north and south korea -
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John F. Kennedy
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Vietnam War
This war was fought between North Vietnam, and the government of South Vietnam -
bay of pigs invasion
This was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506. -
cuban missile crisis
This was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba, -
Kennedy's Assassination
JFK was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Richard Nixon
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George H.W. Bush
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Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
Thousands of jubilian Germans brought down the Berlin Wall. -
Persian gulf war
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Three Baltic republics had already declared their independence from the USSR, only one of its 15, Georga, remained. -
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William Clinton
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NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade block in North America. -
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George W. Bush
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September 11th Terrorist Attacks
This was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda on the US in NYC, and Arlington County. -
War in Iraq
This was a protacted armed coflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the US -
War in Afghanistan
This is when the US invaded the country after the 9/11 attacks, supported by close allies and then the NATO.
