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Cold War Terms, People, and Events

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Cold War   struggle for global power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union  
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containment   preventing the Soviet Unnion from expanding its influence around the world  
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Truman Doctrine   policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism  
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Marshall Plan   Western Europe received more than $13 billion in U.S. loans and grants fro European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952.  
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)   U.S. joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada to form this.  
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GI Bill of Rights   or the Servicemen's Readjustment act that offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses.  
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Fair Deal   included a higher minimum wage, the creation of a national health insurance plan for all Americans, and expanded Social Security benefits for the elderly  
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38th Parallel   the spot where North and South Korea were divided  
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Soviet Union   controlled the northern part of Korea  
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United States   occupied the southern part of Korea  
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McCarthy   contributed to fears in the early 1950's by charging that Communists were working inside the State Department  
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brinkmanship   a willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose commmunism  
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arms race   both the U.S. and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more nuclear weapons  
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Sputnik   the world's first artificial satellite  
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Joseph Stalin   Communist leader of Russia during the Cold War  
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Harry Truman   President of the U.S. during the Cold War; he encouraged containment  
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Iron Curtain   the division Winston Churchill described of Stalin's creation of Communist governments in Poland, and of the Soviet Union expanding its control over Eastern Europe by creating "satellite states"(countries under complete Soviet control.  
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baby boom   significant increase in the number of babies born  
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Sun Belt   southern and western states that offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates  
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urban renewal program   a plan to improve life in the cities  
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beats   criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior  
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Mao Zedong   the Communists officially established the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949  
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Jackie Robinson   baseball player ending segregation in major league baseball  
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hydrogen bomb   weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs uses in World War II  
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arms race   the U.S. and the Soviet Union rushed to build more weapons than each other  
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Sputnik   the world's first artificial satellite  
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brinkmanship   willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism  
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bomb shelter   built by families in case of a nuclear emergency  
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beats   criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior  
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suburbs   people moved out of the city to the ___________ for advantages like driveways, large lawns, labor-saving appliances, sports, and activities.  
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Pop culture   Americans watched 6 hours of T.V., listened to Rock 'n' Roll, Jazz, went to Drive in movies, watched "I Love Lucy"  
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Dr. Jonas Salk   Developed a vaccine for the paralyzing disease of polio.  
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Jazz Greats   Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie(fathers of Bebop)  
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Rock 'n' Roll   Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were _______ 'n' _________ artists  
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Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference   attended by Franklin Roosevelt(USA), Winston Churchill(Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin(Soviet Union)  
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