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42
NATO formed
formed for security against the soviet nations. U.S. Canada and other European countries -
89
Berlin wall went down
there were protests, the east german leaders wanted to calm the people down and said they were going to open up the wall a bit but then decided to take it all down because why not. -
united Nations formed
leaders from 50 different countries came together in san francisco to agree upon an international treaty for equal rights to all people and peace. -
Truman doctrine
it provided assistance to other democratic nations who were threatened by authoritarian associations. -
Hollywood 10
a group of screenwriters, directors and editors in hollywood that went against the House Un American Activities Committee. Ended up blacklisted from big companies for being suspected of communists. -
Marshall Plan
made to help rebuild the damage the war created and to improve the economy to reopen trading borders and to prevent the spread of communism. -
Korean War
the first military action of the cold war, North Korea who was backed by the Soviet Union invaded South Korea. The U.S. sent troops over to help South Korea so they could stop international communism. -
Sputnik
the first artificial satellite which was launched by the soviet Union which forced the U.S. to start upgrading their space technology. -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. tried to invade Cuba because they didn't like Castro because of his soviet connections but came out unsuccessful. -
Berlin wall went up
it was out up to separate east and west berlin and wanted to prevent people from escaping east berlin. the east german people didn't agree with the soviets and so they decided they needed to keep them in. -
U.S. in Vietnam
communist North Vietnam was invading South Vietnam, the U.S. sent troops to help them so they could stop the spread of communism. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
they poisoned the president and his ministers so they could place a puppet president which triggered a 9 year war.