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Chapter 16 & 17

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1 satellite states   independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation.  
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2 Cold War   worl wide rivalry between the united states and the soviet union.  
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3 iron curtain   term coined by winston churchill to describe the border berween the soviet satellite states and western europe.  
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4 Truman Doctrine   president trumans promise to help nations struggling against communist movements  
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5 containment   policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders.  
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6 Marshall plan   foreign policy that offered economic aid to western european countries after WWII.  
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7 berlin airlift   program in which US and British pilots flew supplies to west berlin during a soviet blockade.  
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8 NATO   military alliance formed to counter soviet expansion.  
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9 warsaw pact   military alliance between USSR and its satellite states.  
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10 38th parallel   dividing line between north and south korea.  
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11 limited war   war fought to achieve only specific goals.  
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12 SEATO   defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia.  
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13 arms race   contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons.  
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14 mutually assured destruction   policy in which th US and the USSR hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another.  
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15 massive retaliation   policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression.  
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16 brinkmanship   belief that only by going to the brink of war could the US protect itself against communist aggression.  
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17 nationalize   to place a resource under gov. control.  
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18 eisenhower doctrine   policy of president eisenhower that statedthat the US would use force to help any nation threatened by communism.  
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19 CIA   US intelligence gathering organization.  
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20 NASA   gov. that coordinates US efforts in space.  
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21 smith act   law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violence overthrow of the US gov.  
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22 HUAC   congressional commitee that investigated possible subversive activities within the US  
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23 hollywood ten   gruop of movie writers, directors, and producer that refused to answer HUAC questions about communist ties.  
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24 blacklist   list of persons who where not hired because of suspected communist ties.  
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25 McCarthyism   negative catch word for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty.  
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26 Suez crisis   attempt by france and GB to sieze controlof the suez canal in 1956.  
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27 Red Scare   the fear that communists both inside and outside america were working to destroy american life.  
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28 demobilization   sending home members of the army  
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29 GI Bill of Rights   eased the return of WWII vets by providing education and employment aids.  
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30 baby boom   increase in births between 1945 and 1964.  
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31 productivity   the rate at which goods are produced or services preformed.  
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32 Taft-Harley Act   a law that restricted the power of labor unions.  
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33 Fair Deal   trumans program to expand new deal reforms.  
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34 Interstate Highway Act   56 law that authoorized the spending of 32 billion to build 41000 miles of highway.  
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35 Sunbelt   name given to the region of states in the south and southwest.  
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36 service sector   bussinesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods.  
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37 information industry   businesses that provide informational services.  
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38 franchise business   allows company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators.  
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39 multinational corporation   companies that produce and sell their goods all over the world.  
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40 AFL-CIO   in 55 the AFL and the CIO labor unions united.  
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41 California Master Plan   called for three tiers of higher education: universities state colleges and community colleges all of whch were to be accessible to all of the states citizens.  
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42 consumerism   large scale buying much of it on credit  
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43 median family income   measure of average family income  
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44 nuclear family   ideal or typical household with a father mother and children.  
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45 rock-and-roll   music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of african americans.  
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46 beatnik   a writer or artist in the 50s and 60s who were critical of american society  
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47 inner city   the older central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods in which low income usually minority groups live  
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48 urban renewal   gov. programs for redevelopment of urban areas  
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49 termination policy   ended all programs monitored by the bureau of indian affairs  
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