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On Oct 24 1945, four months after the San Francisco conference ended the United Nations began. This was around the time that WW2 was ending and many nations were left devastated because of the aftermaths of the war. -
The Hollywood Ten event took place in Oct 1947. What occurred was that 10 ppl in the Hollywood film industry outed the tactics that the HUAC were using. These 10 ppl received 10 jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios -
The Truman Doctrine was when Truman asked Congress for 400 million dollars in military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey and created a policy where that became known as the Truman Doctrine. March 12 1947 -
The Marshall Plan was signed on April 3, 1948. The Marshall Plan was created to send American goods and support democratic governments in Western Europe. And it was also created to help support Europe in the rebuild after WW2. -
In 1949, NATO was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
The war was between North Korea invaded South Korea. -
The Space Race was an event that took place during the 20th century between two nations, the USSR and the United States. The race was for the domination of space flight technologies. Space Race in 1955 -
On Aug 1961, the Berlin Wall was built. The eastern part was given to the Soviets and the Western part was given to the US, France, and Great Britain. On the western side, the economy grew due to the support from the three allied countries whereas the Eastern side weakened because all the resources were given to the Soviets. This led to many people in Eastern Germany fleeing to the west which caused the Berlin Wall to be raised. -
On April 17, 1961, 1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. They launched the exile invasion because they wanted to overthrow Castro and establish a non-communist government that would be an ally to the US -
The Vietnam War occurred in Nov 1 1955 between Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam. The US entered the war because they didn't want Vietnam to become a communist country. The US entered Vietnam in 1965. -
In Dec 1979, Soviet troops supported the Afghan communist government in its fight against anti-conflict Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War -
On Nov 9 1989, the Berlin Wall fell marking the end of the Cold War.