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ch 16&17 ohs

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satellite state   state controlled by the Soviet Union  
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Cold War   struggle between communism and capitalism  
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iron curtain   figure of speech. seperated capitalism and communism  
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Truman Doctrine   Trumans promise to aid nations stuggling against communist movements  
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containment   the American attempt to contain communism within its current region  
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Marshall Plan   recovery plan for Europe  
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Berlin airlift   demonstrated to West Berlin, the Soviet Union, and the world how far the United States would go to protect noncommunist parts of Europe and contain communism  
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NATO   North Atlantic Treaty Organization  
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Warsaw Pact   Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival millitary alliance  
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38th parallel   dividing line on the 38th parallel of latitude between North and South Korea  
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limited war   fought to achive only specific goals  
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SEATO   Southeast Asia Treaty Organization  
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arms race   tug-of-war in weapon capabilties and technologies  
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mutually assured destruction   ownership of fire power that can destroy a nation many times over  
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massive retaliation   the US would respond to communist threats to its allies by threatening to use crushing, overwhelming force, perhaps even nuclear weapons  
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brinkmanship   the placement of a single step from the outbreak of war  
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nationalize   the act of placeing something under government control  
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Suez crisis   used as an exuse to take the Suez canal  
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Eisenhower Doctrine   a statement by Eisenhower that stated that the US would use horce to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communism  
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CIA   Central Intelligence Agency  
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NASA   National Aeronautics and Space Administration  
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Red Scare   The fear of communism  
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Smith Act   made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government  
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HUAC   House UN-American Activities Committee  
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Hollywood Ten   refused to answer questions asserting their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination  
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blacklist   movie executives circulated a blacklist of entertainment figures who should not be hired because of their suspected communist ties  
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McCarthyism   catchword for extreme, reckless charges  
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demobilization   sending home members of the army  
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GI Bill of Rights   granted veterans a variety of benefits  
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baby boom   veterans of the war came home and started families  
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productivity   the rate at which goods are produced and services performed  
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Taft-Hartley Act   outlawed the closed shop-- a workplace in which only unions had gained during the New Deal  
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Fair Deal   far-ranging legislative program  
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Interstate Highway Act   authorized funds to build 41,000 miles of highway consisting of multilane expressways that would connect the nation's major cities  
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Sunbelt   southern and western states  
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service sector   business that provides service  
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information industry   those who built or operated the first computers  
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franchise business   allows a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators  
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multinational corporation   companies that produced and sold their goods and services all over the world  
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AFL-CIO   enjoyed a good deal of political clout  
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California Master Plan   called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges  
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consumerism   buying many things  
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median family income   rose from 3319 to 5417  
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nuclear family   mother and father and their children  
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rock-and-roll   new type of fast music  
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beatnik   artists who made beats  
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inner city   closer to downtown  
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urban renewal   the government cleared large tracts of older housing and built freeways and developments which would revitalize downtown  
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termination policy   end tribal government and to relocate Native Americansto the nation's cities  
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