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HUSH: Post WWII Voca
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Marshall Plan | a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism. |
| The Truman Doctrine | President Truman's pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism |
| Iron Curtain | term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line dividing Communist countries in the Soviet bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War |
| Cold War | an era of high tension and bitter rivalry known between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of World War II |
| Berlin Airlift | a program in which the United States and Britain shipped supplies by air to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade of all routes to the city; lasted from 1948-1949 |
| NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) ; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | document that stated all human beings are created free and equal; tried to set standards for human rights |
| Executive Order 9981 | an executive order issued by President Harry S. Truman in 1948 ending segregation in the military; Establishes equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all race, religions, or national origins |
| Serviceman's Readjustment Act (GI Bill) | 1944 - provides Veterans of WWII with unemployment insurance and money for housing and to continue their education at government expense. -Allowed veterans to come back to a life they can enjoy and made the public happy. |
| United Nations | An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation. |
| Baby Boom | a dramatic rise in the birthrate following World War II |
| Containment | A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances |
| George F. Kennan | an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. He later wrote standard histories of the relations between Russia and the Western powers. |
| World Bank | helps poor countries build their economies by providing grants and loans to help with projects that could provide jobs and wealth |
| Potsdam Conference | July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction. |
| Joseph Stalin | Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition |
| Fair Deal | plan proposed by President Truman that included a number of programs in the tradition of the New Deal: few of the Fair Deal ideas ever became law. |
| Taft-Hartley Act | a law that restricted the power of labor unions |
| American GI Forum | Worked to expand rights and liberties of Hispanic Veterans |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | a trade agreement that contained loopholes enabling countries to avoid trade-barrier reduction agreements Promoted international trade |
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