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U.S. gives veterans money to obtain an education and jobs
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GI Bill
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Economic system. Founded by Karl Marx – also called Marxism. All property is held in common by the People – shared. No God, only the state.
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Communism
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Alliance of western capitalist democracies, including US and Great Britain.
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NATO
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Alliance of Eastern communist dictatorships, including USSR and East Germany.
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Warsaw Pact
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The division down the center of Europe between capitalist and communist nations.
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Iron Curtain
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US will use force to contain expansion of communism.
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The Truman Doctrine
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If one country falls to communism, nearby countries will soon fall to communism.
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Domino Theory
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Soviet Union closes off Berlin. U.S. responds by flying food into capitalist sector of Berlin.
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The Berlin Airlift.
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Desegregates the military.
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Truman's Civil Rights Commission (1948)
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Republicans control Congress and decrease power of Unions. No more closed shops. No more sympathy strikes. Right to work laws (allowing workers NOT to join a union and get a job).
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Separate but equal unlawful in public schools.
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