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United Nations was established
Four months after the San Francisco Conference, the United Nations was formally established on October 24, 1945, with the ratification of its Charter by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries. Most other signatories. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy that committed the United States to "support democracies against authoritarian threats." The doctrine originated from the primary goal of containing the growth of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War. -
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Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten was a group of 10 members of the film industry who refused to testify at the Anti-Communist Committee hearings. The Second Red Scare Era. The Second Red Scare was a period of fear of a communist takeover in the early Cold War era. -
Marshall Plan
On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. The act became known as the Marshall Plan, named after Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed U.S. economic aid to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
NATO is established
The foundations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were officially laid on April 4, 1949, with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (commonly known as the Washington Treaty). The Treaty of Washington, or the North Atlantic Treaty, forms the basis of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, and ended with the armistice on July 27, 1953 -
space race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by the Democratic Revolutionary Front of Cuba, which was composed of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution and was secretly funded and directed by the U.S. government.