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The United States starts its containment policy.The Truman Doctrine is instated.The Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program took effect.The Berlin blockadeThe Berlin blockade is lifted.The Berlin Wall is built.United Nations (UN) was formed.The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)The formation of the Warsaw PactThe Soviets develop an atomic bomb; China becomes communist.Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy makes a speech that tries to prove that there were communists hiding in the US government.The Cuban government is overthrown.The Bay of PigsThe Cuban Missile CrisisThe Soviets launched Sputnik.Vietnam becomes a free countryThe Tonkin Resolution is passed. The US gets involved in the Vietnam war.More US troops are sent to VietnamPresident Nixon visits the Soviet Union and ChinaUS troops are pulled from VietnamNorth Vietnam is victoriousThe Soviets send their troops into AfghanistanSoviet Union pulls their troops from AfghanistanPresident Reagan begins building up US military powerSoviet Union begins to collapseGorbachev and Reagan met to discuss the issue between the US and the Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union loses many of the countries that it has an influence over. The Berlin Wall comes down.Germany becomes unitedThe Soviet Union collapsesPeriods
Communism starts to spread.East Germany began to collapse under communist rule.The Korean WarThe Red ScareLatin American development.Vietnam fights for their freedom against France.The Vietnam War
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