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America creates the Marshall Plan after WWII in order to help parts of Europe after the devastation. They created out of fear of Europe going to the Soviet Union for help

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The U.S. sent war troops to Vietnam after finding out that Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite Vietnam under communist rule. Unfortunately, the war was a loss and Vietnam became communist

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Truman sent supplies to the West Berlin part of Berlin. Supplied with food, fuel, etc for over a year. Because of this West Berlin didn't have to rely on Stalin for any resources.

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North America and Western Europe created an alliance to go against the soviets. It was to have the democratic shown.

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The Berlin Wall was put up because of the many people from East Berlin fleeing to go to West Berlin. Stalin was unhappy so the East Berlin Government decided to build a concrete wall. This was so it prevented any Westerns coming into East Berlin, and it also prevented people from escaping the East.

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Greek communists raged war against Greece in favor for taking over Greece to turn into a communist country. When the U.S heard this, President Harry Truman published the Truman Doctrine, to send financial aid to Greece to help against the communists. The Greek won against the communists, and this made Greek join alliances into NATO.

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Alliance towards communist countries, similar to the NATO alliance. It was to ensure the dominant power that Communists had over Eastern Europe. It also was to prevent any enemy attacks from happening.

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Kim Il Sung wanted to unify all of Korea under his communist control. He invaded South Korea which led to the U.S. backing up South Korea while the USSR backed up North Korea. In the end, North and South Korea remained separated

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Sputnik, which was the first Earth satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union during the Space Race.

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When a Berlin Communist Party announced that either side (West/Eastern Berlin) the people can pass freely and openly, many people went to the Berlin wall, and broke the walls using hammers and other tools to get through to the other sides. Once the cranes and bulldozers broke all the walls, Berlin was then finally united.

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The U.S. was skeptical about Castro and his relationship with the Soviet Union's leader. With that in mind, they decided to invade the Bay of Pigs but it was a failure. It increased Cuba's relationship with the USSR and it later led to Cuba holding the USSR's nuclear weapons

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Apollo 11

1969

A spaceflight that led humans to land on the moon. It was a very long science research and development for this event to happen. The flight was led by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Almost everyone saw this event happening in television.

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The USSR had their missiles stationed in Cuba. In fear that either side could launch missiles, an agreement was made. The USSR will remove their missiles from Cuba and America will agree to never invade Cuba again

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It was a week-long trip, where President Richard Nixon visited Beijing to talk. It gave America a view of China after a very long time. This event shook the tension between America and China, slightly weakening China's communist side.