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Korea as a whole was split at 38th parallel line.

On June 25, North Korean communist forces invade South Korea.

The USSR supplied North Korea & encouraged takeover of South Korea.

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China sends over a huge army (300,000 men) greatly outnumbering the United States and the United Nation forces.

MacArthur had the idea to nuke the Chinese army (Truman says no).

MacArthur is fired for insubordination

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Stalemate for the next 2 years

36,574 American Soldiers were killed.

Eisenhower hinted about possibly using a Nuclear attack- China and Korea were scared.

Armistice is held right back were it started.

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Ceasefire was signed.

Today Korea is still divided at the 38th parallel with communist N. Korea and a democratic South Korea.

The U.S maintains an army of 40000 in South Korea to keep the peace.

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Soviets tested atom bomb in 1949.

United States tested the H bomb in 1952.

USSR tested their version of the H bomb in 1953.

The Nuclear arms race turned into a competition for supremacy

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In June of 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed economic aid to all European Nations rebuilding from World War 2.

Western Europe began recover and weakened the "appeal" of Communism

Aswell, as new markets for trade discovered.

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In august of 1946, the Soviets were trying to establish communist governments in Greece and Turkey.

Truman asks congress for 400 million to help fight communist aggressions via military and economic aid.

In conclusion is pledged the United States to fight communism worldwide.

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Communism and the threat of the atomic bomb dominated life for Americans and their leaders in the 1950's

The Threat of an atomic attack against the United States forced Americans to prepare for a surprise attack.

Bomb Shelters & Air raid drills were a result from this fear.

Families built fallout shelters to protect themselves in case of a nuclear attacks

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The competition of space exploration between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Soviet Union launches the first rocket to reach space called Sputnik.

The U.S then established NASA

This gave them the goal to reach the moon first.

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The United States and Soviet Union continued to compete with one another in multiple areas to prove their dominance in the world.

Communism in the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Iron curtain was lifted and the war came to an end because of a confusion in the Soviet Unions government.