| A | B |
|---|
| Neutrality Acts | laws passed by congreess to keep the U.S. out of the war |
| Lend-Lease Act | aid to any nation whose defense was believed to obe vital to American security |
| U.S. Entry into WWII | brought about by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Korematsu v United states | Japanese Americans restrictins of civil rights was o.k during wartime |
| G I Bill | provided financial aid to veterans |
| Nuremberg Trials | Hitler's officers were put on trial for crimes against humanity |
| baby boom | increase of birthrate in the years following WWII |
| United Nations | peacekeeping organization, which replaced the League of Nations |
| Truman Doctrine | military and economic aid to European nations, Greece andturkey to defend from communism |
| Cold War | time of tension between the u.S. and th Soviet Union after WWII |
| collective security | mutual military assistance among nations |
| NATO | Cold War event; military alliance between united states and Western Europe |
| arms race | competition to gain weapon superiority |
| The Domino Theory | the idea that if one country falls to communism, others will follow |
