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Law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher educations

The rapid population increase that took place between 1945 and 1960

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

Truman Doctrine

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to Turkey and Greece

A U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II

Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city

Alliance of the allied powers against the Soviets. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

Joseph McCarthy

Republican Senator who led a campaign to root out suspected Communists in American life

Name for the overall search for communists in America during the early 1950s. Many people wrongfully treated.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Americans convicted and sentenced to death for giving the Soviets information about the American bomb

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

The fight between the Soviets and U.S. to have the best and most weapons