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US security policy during the Cold War in which military action was used to stop the Soviet Unions from spreading communism containment
a government program started in 1944 that helped veterans returning from WW2 buy homes and attend college GL Bill
the military and political divide in Europe between Western capitalist and Eastern communist countries Iron Curtain
the agreement between the Democrats and Republicans in Congress made after WW2 to continue welfare, develop a national security system, and strengthen the executive branch of government liberal consensus
US economic aid program to restore economic stability to Western Europe after WW2 Marshall Plan
an area of a country in which a foreign military takes control occupation zone
a government program that ran power lines through rural communities rural electrification
relating to the class of people who's jobs typically take place in an office or professional environment and don't involve manual labor white collar
the business of building airplanes, spacecrafts, and other vehicles that travel in the air aerospace industry
a political situation in which rival countries try to gather or produce the most military weapons arms race
an area in which military personnel and weapons are not allowed demilitarized zone
a government that has been deposed and attempts to rule from another land government in exile
a nuclear weapons that explodes due to compacted gases inside hydrogen bomb
the basic systems of a society including roads, bridges, sewers, and electricity infrastructure
a country's military establishment and industries producing arms or other military materials military industrial complex
a series of battles that are provoked by a nation that does not participate in the fighting proxy war
the crime of making verbal or written negative claims about someone without evidence libel
a sworn statement confirming a person does not belong and has never belonged to various organizations including those identified as a communist loyalty oath
the practice of accusing people being traitors to their country without offering proof McCarthyism
an act of destabilizing a major social or political system in an attempt to destroy it subversion
an idea during the Cold War that countries that neighbor communist countries are most likely to fall to communism Domino Theory
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