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Mig Alley Location of many dogfights between UN and Communist forces in Northwestern North Korea. Sputnik I Launched in 1957. Followed two spectacular failures of U.S. satelite launches. Launched "Space Race". U.S. would go on to create NASA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and increase U.S. government spending on scientific research and education. Truman Doctrine President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology Tet Offensive surprise attacks on cities all over South Vietnam Cold War A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.