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