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United Nations Formed
When world war 2 was about to end the nations were in ruin and just wanted peace. Representatives of the nations met in san diego and created the diplomatic organization, the united nations -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman established the truman doctrine which would provide military,economic and political assistance against authoritarian powers. we would help other countries even if we weren't involved. -
Marshall Plan
President truman signed the economic recovery act of 1948. The U.S. provided economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of europe -
Nato Formed
Nato was the first military peacetime alliance. The U.S, Canada, and some western european nations provided collected security against the soviet union -
Hollywood 10
A documentary film denouncing McCarthyism. After this fillm the actors, writers and studio people were barred from work by the studios -
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Korean War
North Korea and South Korea were at war with each other. North Korea wanted to bring communism to South Korea whereas south korea wanted to keep democracy. -
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The Space Race (Sputnik)
This was basically the U.S. and russia competing on who would go up to space first. Russia put a satellite in space first which got america all nervous because they were scared russia would get to space first. -
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Bay of pigs
This was a failed military landing operation on southwest cuba. This was a cuban uprising against fidel castro. -
berlin wall goes up
The germanic democratic republic built walls with barbed wires on their borders. This was to prevent the population from escaping soviet controlled east berlin to west berlin -
U.S officially enters Vietnam war
president johnson sent troops to vietnam with solid support from the american people. We got involved because we were scared communism would spread to south vietnam and then the rest of asia. -
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Soviets invade afghanistan
Uprisings and coups against the government lead to the soviets invading afghanistan. they came in at night sending 30,000 troops and killed the president of the people. -
Berlin wall goes down
When the berlin wall fell it was the first step to german reunification. This was the start of the fall of communism.