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Truman
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United Nations
The Charter for the United Nations was developed and creation was implemented. The goal of the United Nations was to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations based on the principle of respect for equal rights, yo achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and o be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends. -
World War II Outcomes
At the end of World War II, tensions rose between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War broke out. The United States worked to prevent the spread of communism. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was to assist countries whose stabilities were threatened by communism. -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare was the promotion of fear of the spread of communism. This was promoted much by Joseph McCarthy, who accused many Americans of communism. -
The Marrshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was implemented to help aid european countries that were destroyed during World War II. The United States gave $13 billion to help with their recovery. The goal was to rebuild the union, knock trade barriers, modernize industry, and prevent the spread of communism. -
NATO
NATO is a political and military alliance among 28 nations whose fundamental goal is to safeguard freedom and security. It was created to protect allies from communist Soviet Union -
McCarthyism
McCarthy claimed to have the names of 205 people working for the U.S. State Department that were members of the communist party. McCarthyism was the act of accusations of treason without any evidence. -
Korean War
America entered the war on behalf of South Korea. The North Korean People's army flooded through the 38th parallel in an invasion. The United Stated join in order to prevent the spread of communism. This was the first military action taken during the Cold War. -
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Beginning of Vietnam War
The U.S Government got involved in a war in VIetnam to prevent the spread of communism. The idea was that if communist North Vietnam could spread communism to the south, then communism would easily spread around the world. -
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
A plan to provoke an uprising against Fidel Castro. The first part was to take down Castro's air force so that there would be no defense against the invasion. They failed because the disguise was flawed and they gained no support from Cuban locals. Many were killed and capture and Kennedy denied any United States involvement. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet union installed nuclear missile in Cuba and Kennedy enacted a blockade of Cuba to left them know that the United States was prepared to use military forced to neutralize a threat. -
Kennedy Assassination
Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson took over the presidency. -
Taking Over Kennedy's Presidency
Johnson was Vice President until the assassination of Kennedy and continued Truman's policy of containment. -
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Nixon
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Peace Agreement with North Vietnam
This agreement ended direct military involvment from the United States and resulted in a cease-fire. -
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Reagan
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Fall of Communism
Once the Berlin Wall taken down, communism quickly dissipated due to Reagan's challenge of the Soviet Union's legitimacy of their regime. -
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H. W. Bush
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Persian Gulf War
This was an international conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The ultimate was to infiltrate Kuwait's inventory of oil and expand their territory. The UN took action to remove Iraqis from Kuwait. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev wanted the system of communism to weaken and he issued glastnost to allow free speech. Eventually he allowed elections and republics began to form and break off from the Soviet Union. Eventually, the USSR officially broke into 15 different nations. -
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Clinton
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NAFTA
A trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico created to make a large scale trading route and to create more high-wage jobs in those countries. This was to increase economic growth -
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Bush
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Terrorist Attack on September 11
an Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, hijacked four airlines and administered suicide terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the last crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed. This attack was allegedly retaliation for America's involvement in the Persian Gulf War. This sparked the "War on Terrorism" and American troops were sent to Afghanistan to disban the terrorist group. -
War in Afghanistan
American invaded Afghanistan to disban al-Qaeda and capture and prosecute Osama Bin Laden. After the death of Bin Laden in 2011, U.S. troops began to withdrawel, however, attacks continues, as did the war. -
War in Iraq
In 2003, American troops invaded Iraq in an attempt to capture Hussein. The invasion ended in May 2003, but he was not tried for his crimes until 2005. They were also searching for weapons of mass destruction, but none were found.
