| A | B |
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| Yalta Conference | The Big 3 agreed to withdraw troops from Eastern Europe and Germany and allow countries to decide on their own government |
| Potsdam Conference | The Big 3 met to divide up Germany, Austria and Berlin into 4 sections |
| United Nations | Peacekeeping organization |
| Nuremburg Trials | Nazi commanders were brought to court and tried for war crimes |
| Cold War | Battle between US and USSR over the spread of communism or democracy |
| Truman Doctrine | US gave economic aid to foreign countries to fight communism |
| Marshall Plan | US gave loans and aid to European countries to rebuild |
| Containment | The US policy to stop the spread of communism |
| Berlin Airlift | US and British planes brought food and supplies to west Berlin |
| NATO | US and Canada signed this agreement to help western European allies in case of attack |
| Warsaw PAct | Military alliance between the USSR and eastern Europe |
| GI Bill of Right | Loans to veterans of WWII to buy homes and attend college |
| Taft-Hartley Act | Congressional act that outlawed closed shops and required union leaders to swear they weren't communist |
| Fair Deal | Trumans domestic policy of raising the minimum wage and expanding social security |
| Korean War | Conflict between the US and South Korea vs. North Korea and Chinese troops |
| Douglas MacArthur | General who led US troops in Korea |
| 38th Parallel | The line dividing North and South Korea |
| Blacklisting | Refusing to hire someone who was communist |
| Internal Security Act | Act by congress that made communist organizations register with the government |
| House Un-American Activities Committee | Investigated disloyalty to the US to expose any communists |
| McCarthyism | Named after a senator who accused people of communist activities without proof |
| Army-McCarthy Hearings | These senate hearings were broadcast over TV and exposed the senate leader as a bully |
| Red Scare | US citizens fear of communism |
| Sputnik | Russian satellite that started the space race |
| NASA | US space organization that conducted space research |
| Massive retaliation | the use of nuclear weapons to stop the spread of communism |
| Brinkmanship | Eisenhowers foreign policy of negotiating right up the the brink of war |
| Covert operations | Secret operations used to gather intelligence on the USSR |
| CIA | Government organization set up to oversee covert operations |
| Suez Canal Crisis | Disagreement over the use of the waterway beside Egypt which almost sent the world into WWIII |
| U-2 incident | The USSR shot down a US spy plane |
| Sun Belt | SW part of the US where many people began to move to during the 1950's |
| Highway Act | Legislation that started the national highway system |
| Levittown | Housing development outside of NY city |
| Baby boom | Increase in the number of births after WWII |
| Urban Renewal | Eisenhowers domestic plan to help rebuild US inner cities |
| Beats | Writers who criticized american life |
| Silent Generation | Name for teenagers and college students who began to rebel against society |
| Rock & Roll | New style of music during the 1950's |
| Elvis Presley | Rock & Roll star |
