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| United Nations | Internation organization formed in 1945 that was designed to maintain world peace. |
| General Assembly | body of the United Nations where all member nations have representation and which shapes UN policy. |
| Security Council | body of the United Nations which addresses military and political problems and in which 5 nations have an absolute veto. |
| Secretariat | the body of the United Nations headed by the Secretary General which administers the UN. |
| International Court of Justice | body of the UN that settles legal disputes |
| GI Bill of Rights | also known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, provided money for education, government loans, and medical care to veterans of WWII. |
| inflation | a rapid increase of prices often caused by too much money in circulation and/or a scarcity of consumer goods. This occurred after WWII when price controls were lifted |
| Taft-Hartley Act | act designed to control labor unions by allowing courts to end some strikes, prohibiting closed shops, and requiring loyalty oaths from union leaders. |
| Committee on Civil Rights | agency created by President Truman to investigate alleged discrimination and violence toward Black Americans. This group called for laws against violence toward Blacks and an end to segregation. |
| Dixiecrats | States Rights party that broke with the Democratic Party over the issue of civil rights and ran J. Strom Thurmond for President in 1948. |
| Progressive Party | favored more New Deal types of policies and more friendly relations with the Soviet Union. |
| Fair Deal | Truman's domestic program that raised the minimum wage, extended Social Security, and financed low income housing. |
| Cold War | a competition between the free world led by the U.S. and the communist bloc led by the USSR for worldwide military, political, and economic control. |
| iron curtain | the imaginary line separating the communist bloc nations from Western Europe. This name was coined by Winston Churchill. |
| containment | American policy toward the USSR during the cold war in which we attempted to keep constant pressure on the Soviets to keep them from expanding. This policy was created by George Kennan. |
| Federal Republic of Germany | name given to the unified nation created by the combining of the British, French and American zones of occupation in 1948 (West Germany). |
| German Democratic Republic | name given to the Soviet zone of occupation when it became a separate country in 1948 (East Germany). |
