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1. satellite state poland, czechoslovakia, hungary, romania, and bulgaria,and east germany were controlled by the SU
2. cold war 46 year struggle between the US and SU. never in actual military conflict
3. iron curtain imaginary line seperating east euro (communist) from west euro
4. truman doctrine doctine providing aide to those countries struggling against communism
5. containment american policy of keeping communism within its borders
6. marshall plan plan to give money to west euro countries in hopes of helping them rebuild themselves so they could stay strong against communism
7. berlin airlift a means to provide west berlin with supplies to stay alive
8. NATO north atlantis treaty org. 1949. provided militay alliance to counter soviet expansion
9. warsaw pact rival military alliance of NATO. soviet union and satellite states.
10. 38th psrsllel latitude that seperates north and south korea
11. limited war fought only to achieve goals
12. SEATO southteast asia treaty org. defensive alliance aimed at preventing the spread of communism
13.arms race race to create powerful weaponry
14. mutually assured destruction prevent either ocuntry from using a nuclear weapon against the other.
15. massive retaliation threat to use vrushing overwhelming force
16. brinkmanship dulles approach
17. nationalize to place under gov control
18. suez crisis attempt by france and britain to seize the suez canal
19. eisenhower doctirne the us would ise force to help any middle eastern country threatened by communism
20. CIA central intelligence agancy. 1947. intelligence gathering org
21. NASA national aeronautices and space admin. coordinated space efforts.
22. red scare fear of communism
23. smith act cripple the communist party in the US
24. HUAC house unamerican activities committee. investigated possible subversive activities
25. hollywood ten group of left wing writersdirectors and producers who pleaded the 5th
26. blacklist list of entertainment figures who shouldnt be hired to to suspected communist ties
27. mccarthyism extreme wreckless charges
28. demobilization sending home members of the army
29. GI bill of rights provided unemploymennt checks for a year. financial aide for college. gov loans. all for veterans
30. baby boom boom of babies. many babies were born
31. productivity rate at with goods were produced and services were preformed
32. taft-hartley act law that outlawed the closed shop
33. fair deal far ranging legistative program strengthened new deal reforms and established new programs
34. interstate highway act authorized funds to build 41000 miles of highway to connect major cities
35. sunbelt southern and western states
36. service sector businesses that provide services
37. info industry businesses that provided informational services
38. franchise business multiple outlets of the same store owned by independent operators
39. multinational corp companies that made and sold goods and services all over the world and established branches abroad
40. AFL-CIO united labor unions
41. california master plan called for 3 tiers of higher edu: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges
42. sonsumerism buying as much as you can
43. median family income average family income
44. nuclear family household consisting of a mother father and children
45. rock and roll formerly known as "race" music
46. beatnik people who were different on purpose. would not conform
47. inner city places where conditions worsened and crime increased
48. urban renewal projects to revive cities : building of freeways and developments
49. termination policy major change in the rules governing native americans. end tribal gov and relocate to cities
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