| A | B |
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| McCarthyism | fear of communism after WWII in 1950s; practice of unproven accusations of disloyalty; named for Senator Joseph McCarthy |
| Joseph McCarthy | claimed the Army was harboring Communists; people accused of disloyalty and communism; during Senate hearings, McCarthy was seen on tv as bully |
| GI Bill of Rights | 1944 law providing financial aid to WWII veterans entering college, starting a business, buying a home; preference in govt. jobs |
| atomic bomb | Harry Truman's decision to use this on Hiroshima and Nagasaki--August, 1945--killed thousands of Japanese and ended WWII in Pacific |
| Sputnik I | launched by Soviet Union in 1957; world's first space satellite--showed U.S. was behind in education; science and math--beginning of Space Race |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; mutual defense pact among Western European nations and U.S; further enforced containment of communism |
| Vietnam conflict | 1946-1975 conflict in which Vietnamese overthrew French--communist North Vietnam take over South Vietnam; U.S. enter to help S.Vietnam against the communists |
| Korean War | conflict in 1950--division of Korea at latitude of 38 degrees north between communist North Korea and South Korea; U.S. send troops to help South against communists |
| Marshall Plan | U.S. economic aid program to help rebuild Western Europe after WWII; part of U.S. containment policy against communism |
| Watergate | office and apt. complex in Washington--break-in ordered by White House officials; Pres. Nixon resigns from office over scandal to avoid impeachment |
| civil rights movement | activities by African Americans in 1950s and 1960s to make the Reconstruction Amendments actually work for them in the South--key events--Brown case; Freedom riders, March on Washington, Montgomery Bus Boycot; non-violent resistance, sit-ins |
| minority group | any group of persons identified by race, ethnicity, religion, etc. and numbering less than 50 percent of total populatio |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | prohibited employer from denying someone a job because of race, sex, or religion; desegregation of public places; Johnson's first important legislation |
| Truman Doctrine | said U.S. would aid any nation threatened by Communists; part of U.S. containment policy against Soviet Union and communism |
