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Marshall plan |
Also called the European recovery program plan that gave economic aid to post ww2 Europe so they could rebuild their economy also stopped the expansion of communism further west in post ww2 years |
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22nd ammendment |
Passed during Truman's presidency amendment that limiter presidential service to 8 years |
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Iron curtain |
Soviet occupation of eastern Europe w/soviet "puppets" government in control |
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Military industrial complex |
I'm his Farwell speech Eisenhower Warnes of the build up if the defense industry and the armed forces |
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Containment |
American foreign policy developed by George Kennan that was meant to stop further expansion of the Soviet Union post ww2 |
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NATO |
North alantic treaty organization Alliance of mainly western European nations the u.s and Canada |
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Warsaw pact |
Alliance of soviet union and their Eastern European satellite countries |
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Braceros |
Mexican farm workers who were encouraged to come to the US during ww2 |
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Joseph McCarthy |
Senator from Wisconsin who used the country's fear of communism to gain political power this tactic became known as McCarthyism or the 2nd red scare |
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Warsaw pack |
Aliiance of soviet union and their eastern European satellite countries |
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HUAC |
House of un-American activities committee that investigated supposed communist activity I'm the US in areas such as who business and the federal government |
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Rosenberg trials |
Accused of selling secrets to the soviets were out on trial for espionage convicted and executed in a case many felt may have been more about hysteria than evidence |
