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Creation of United Nations
During Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency. Created to help prevent future wars. -
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Red Scare
During FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower Presidencies. It was the country wide fear of the spread of communism and how it has spread in the United States. -
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McCarthyism
During Truman and Eisenhower Presidencies. It was a tactic used by Joseph McCarthy to blame innocent people and government officials of being communists -
Marshall Plan
During Harry Truman Presidency. It was a plan to aid war broken Europe financially if they did not convert to communism. -
Truman Doctrine
During Harry Truman Presidency. It was a plan to counter soviet geographical expansion. -
NATO
Created during Truman Presidency. A Military Alliance created between most of the Ally powers and others that would help prevent future wars -
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Korean War
During Truman and Eisenhower Presidencies. The first war to help contain the spread of communism. -
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Vietnam War
During Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Presidencies. Very Controversial over which we should have been in it, and for so long. The US was there to help stop the spread of communism. -
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Bay Of Pigs Invasion
During Kennedy Presidency. An operation run by the US to train Cuban people to go in and overthrow the Cuban Communist government. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
During Kennedy Presidency. The USSR put missiles in Cuba that were very close to the United States. -
Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was riding around Dallas in a car with no roof. He was shot in the back and the head with a rifle. -
Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
During George H.W. Bush Presidency. The fall of communism in Eastern Europe came when the Berlin wall fell and eastern europe went back to its own countries. -
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Collapse of Soviet Union
During George H.W. Bush Presidency. The end of the Soviet Union came when the Berlin wall fell and the USSR gave up communism. -
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Persian Gulf War
During George H.W. Bush Presidency. Code named Operation Desert Storm. US invades Iraq in response to Iraq invasion of Kuwait. -
NAFTA
During Bill Clinton Presidency. North American Free Trade Agreement, Between USA, Canada, and Mexico. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Happened during the George W. Bush Presidency. 2 Al-Queda terrorists hi jacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Centers in New York City -
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War in Afganistan
During George W. Bush and Obama Presidency. Started in response to 9/11 attacks. -
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War in Iraq
During George W. Bush and Obama Presidency. Started to topple the government of Saddam Hussein.
