A U.S. security policy during the Cold War in which military action was used to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism

A government program started in 1944 that helped veterans returning from WW2 buy homes and attend college

The military and political divide in Europe between Western capitalist and Eastern communist countries

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

A U.S. economic aid program to restore economic stability to western Europe after WW2

An area of a country in which a foreign military takes control

Rural electrification

A government program that ran power lines through rural communities

Relating to the class of people whose jobs typically take place in an office or professional environment and don't involve manual labor

The business of building airplanes, spacecrafts, and other vehicles that travel in the air

A political situation in which rival countries try to gather or produce the most military weapons

An area in which military personnel and weapons are not allowed

A government that has been deposed attempts to rule from another land

A nuclear weapon that explodes due to compacted gases inside

The basic systems of a society including roads, bridges, sewers, and electricity

Military industrial complex

A country's military establishment and industries producing arms or other military materials

A series of battles that are provoked by by a nation that does not participate in the fighting

The crime of making verbal or written negative claims about someone without evidence

A sworn statement confirming a person does not belong and has never belonged to various organizations including those identified as communist

The practice of accusing people of being traitors to their country without offering proof

An act of destabilizing a major social or political system in an attempted to destroy it

An idea during the Cold War that countries neighbor communist countries are more likely to fall to communism

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Unit 14 Vocab

Question	Answer
Containment	A U.S. security policy during the Cold War in which military action was used to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism
GI Bill	A government program started in 1944 that helped veterans returning from WW2 buy homes and attend college
Iron Curtain	The military and political divide in Europe between Western capitalist and Eastern communist countries
Liberal consensus	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
Marshall Plan	A U.S. economic aid program to restore economic stability to western Europe after WW2
Occupation zone	An area of a country in which a foreign military takes control
Rural electrification	A government program that ran power lines through rural communities
White-collar	Relating to the class of people whose jobs typically take place in an office or professional environment and don't involve manual labor
Aerospace industry	The business of building airplanes, spacecrafts, and other vehicles that travel in the air
Arms race	A political situation in which rival countries try to gather or produce the most military weapons
Demilitarized zone	An area in which military personnel and weapons are not allowed
Government-in-exile	A government that has been deposed attempts to rule from another land
Hydrogen bomb	A nuclear weapon that explodes due to compacted gases inside
Infrastructure	The basic systems of a society including roads, bridges, sewers, and electricity
Military industrial complex	A country's military establishment and industries producing arms or other military materials
Proxy war	A series of battles that are provoked by by a nation that does not participate in the fighting
Libel	The crime of making verbal or written negative claims about someone without evidence
Loyalty oath	A sworn statement confirming a person does not belong and has never belonged to various organizations including those identified as communist
McCarthyism	The practice of accusing people of being traitors to their country without offering proof
Subversion	An act of destabilizing a major social or political system in an attempted to destroy it
Domino Theory	An idea during the Cold War that countries neighbor communist countries are more likely to fall to communism

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