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21 Cards in this Set
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Taft-Hartley Act
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Banned closed shop and required union leaders to take non-communist oath
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Operation Dixie
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Failed effort by CIO to unionize black textile workers
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Employment Act of 1946
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Economic policy should aim to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing; keep inflation low
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GI Bill
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Helps WWII soldiers by securing them loans to buy house, farm, set up businesses; offered tuition and stipends for those who wished to continue education
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Sunbelt
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South and Southwest America that experienced mass population and production expansion
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Levittown
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Mass produced suburban community homes mainly occupied by white, middle-class families
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baby boom
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Demographic explosion from births to returning soldiers and others who had put off starting families for the war effort
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Yalta Conference
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Meeting of the Big Three leaders to figure out how to divide postwar power of Europe
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Cold War
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45-year-long diplomatic tension between US and USSR
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Bretton Woods Conference
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Meeting of Western allies to establish postwar international economic order to avoid another crisis
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United Nations
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International body formed in 1945 to bring nations together in hopes of avoiding another world war
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Nuremburg war crimes
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Highly publicized proceedings against former Nazi leaders for war and humanity crimes
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Berlin airlift
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Year-long mission of flying food and supplies to West Berliners blockaded by Soviet Union
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containment doctrine
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declared the the Soviet Union and communism were expansionist and had to be stopped
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Truman doctrine
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Truman's universal pledge of support for any people fighting against communist threats
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Marshall Doctrine
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Massive transfer of aid money from U.S. to rebuild postwar Europe
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Military alliance of Western European powers, United States, and Canada to defend against the common threat of the Soviet Union
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House Un-American Activities Commerce
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Investigatory agency established to expose communist influence in American government and society
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Fair Deal
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Truman's extensive social program; most shot down by Rep. and Demo.
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National Security Council Memorandum # 68
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NSC recommends quadrupling defense spending and increasing military size in peacetime
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Korean War
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First "hot war" began when Soviet-backed North Koreans invaded South Korea before meeting UN supported South Koreans
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