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Chapter 16 & 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 satellite states | independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation. |
| 2 Cold War | worl wide rivalry between the united states and the soviet union. |
| 3 iron curtain | term coined by winston churchill to describe the border berween the soviet satellite states and western europe. |
| 4 Truman Doctrine | president trumans promise to help nations struggling against communist movements |
| 5 containment | policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders. |
| 6 Marshall plan | foreign policy that offered economic aid to western european countries after WWII. |
| 7 berlin airlift | program in which US and British pilots flew supplies to west berlin during a soviet blockade. |
| 8 NATO | military alliance formed to counter soviet expansion. |
| 9 warsaw pact | military alliance between USSR and its satellite states. |
| 10 38th parallel | dividing line between north and south korea. |
| 11 limited war | war fought to achieve only specific goals. |
| 12 SEATO | defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia. |
| 13 arms race | contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons. |
| 14 mutually assured destruction | policy in which th US and the USSR hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another. |
| 15 massive retaliation | policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression. |
| 16 brinkmanship | belief that only by going to the brink of war could the US protect itself against communist aggression. |
| 17 nationalize | to place a resource under gov. control. |
| 18 eisenhower doctrine | policy of president eisenhower that statedthat the US would use force to help any nation threatened by communism. |
| 19 CIA | US intelligence gathering organization. |
| 20 NASA | gov. that coordinates US efforts in space. |
| 21 smith act | law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violence overthrow of the US gov. |
| 22 HUAC | congressional commitee that investigated possible subversive activities within the US |
| 23 hollywood ten | gruop of movie writers, directors, and producer that refused to answer HUAC questions about communist ties. |
| 24 blacklist | list of persons who where not hired because of suspected communist ties. |
| 25 McCarthyism | negative catch word for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty. |
| 26 Suez crisis | attempt by france and GB to sieze controlof the suez canal in 1956. |
| 27 Red Scare | the fear that communists both inside and outside america were working to destroy american life. |
| 28 demobilization | sending home members of the army |
| 29 GI Bill of Rights | eased the return of WWII vets by providing education and employment aids. |
| 30 baby boom | increase in births between 1945 and 1964. |
| 31 productivity | the rate at which goods are produced or services preformed. |
| 32 Taft-Harley Act | a law that restricted the power of labor unions. |
| 33 Fair Deal | trumans program to expand new deal reforms. |
| 34 Interstate Highway Act | 56 law that authoorized the spending of 32 billion to build 41000 miles of highway. |
| 35 Sunbelt | name given to the region of states in the south and southwest. |
| 36 service sector | bussinesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods. |
| 37 information industry | businesses that provide informational services. |
| 38 franchise business | allows company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators. |
| 39 multinational corporation | companies that produce and sell their goods all over the world. |
| 40 AFL-CIO | in 55 the AFL and the CIO labor unions united. |
| 41 California Master Plan | called for three tiers of higher education: universities state colleges and community colleges all of whch were to be accessible to all of the states citizens. |
| 42 consumerism | large scale buying much of it on credit |
| 43 median family income | measure of average family income |
| 44 nuclear family | ideal or typical household with a father mother and children. |
| 45 rock-and-roll | music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of african americans. |
| 46 beatnik | a writer or artist in the 50s and 60s who were critical of american society |
| 47 inner city | the older central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods in which low income usually minority groups live |
| 48 urban renewal | gov. programs for redevelopment of urban areas |
| 49 termination policy | ended all programs monitored by the bureau of indian affairs |
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