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The Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arms race | countries compete to build more powerful weapons |
| mutually assured destruction | US and USSR hoped to avoid nuclear war |
| John Foster Dulles | diplomat and secretary of state under Eisenhower |
| massive retaliation | policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression |
| brinkmanship | belief that only by going to the the brink of war could the US prevent war |
| Nikita Khrushchev | leader of USSR after Stalin's death |
| nationalize | to place under gov control |
| Suez crisis | crisis in which Britain and France attempted to seize control of the Suez canal from Egypt |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency; American intelligence- gathering org. |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration; American org. that coordinates the space-related efforts of scientists and the military |
| Soviet Union got Atomic Bomb in _____. | 1949 |
| hydrogen bomb | 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb |
| GI Bill of Rights | granted veterans benefits such as free college, mortgage cuts, and a year of unemployment payment |
| baby boom | large amount of babies born in a matter of a few years around 1957 |
| productivity | the rate at which goods are produced or services performed |
| Taft-Hartley Act | a law that outlawed the closed shop- a workplace in which only union members can be hired |
| Fair Deal | far ranging legislative program that would strengthen existing New Deal reforms and establish new programs such as national health insurance |
| Red Scare | a reaction of the fear that communists both outside and inside America were working to destroy American life |
| Smith Act | made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the US gov |
| HUAC | House Un-American Activities Committee- investigated possible subversive activities by fascists, Nazis or communists |
| Hollywood Ten | a group of left-wing writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer questions, asserting their Fifth amandment rights against self-incrimination |
| Alger Hiss | a gov official who was accused of being a Soviet spy |
| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | from poor, lower east side of Manhattan, accused of being Soviet spies |
| McCarthyism | a catchword for extreme, reckless charges |
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