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Cold War Terms, People, and Events

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Cold War   show
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show preventing the Soviet Unnion from expanding its influence around the world  
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Truman Doctrine   show
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show Western Europe received more than $13 billion in U.S. loans and grants fro European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952.  
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)   show
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GI Bill of Rights   show
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show included a higher minimum wage, the creation of a national health insurance plan for all Americans, and expanded Social Security benefits for the elderly  
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38th Parallel   show
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show controlled the northern part of Korea  
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United States   show
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show contributed to fears in the early 1950's by charging that Communists were working inside the State Department  
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brinkmanship   show
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show both the U.S. and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more nuclear weapons  
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Sputnik   show
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show Communist leader of Russia during the Cold War  
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show President of the U.S. during the Cold War; he encouraged containment  
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Iron Curtain   show
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show significant increase in the number of babies born  
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Sun Belt   show
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urban renewal program   show
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beats   show
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Mao Zedong   show
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Jackie Robinson   show
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hydrogen bomb   show
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arms race   show
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Sputnik   show
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show willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism  
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bomb shelter   show
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show criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior  
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show people moved out of the city to the ___________ for advantages like driveways, large lawns, labor-saving appliances, sports, and activities.  
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Pop culture   show
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Dr. Jonas Salk   show
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show Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie(fathers of Bebop)  
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show Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were _______ 'n' _________ artists  
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show attended by Franklin Roosevelt(USA), Winston Churchill(Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin(Soviet Union)  
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