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U.S. gives veterans money to obtain an education and jobs
GI Bill
Economic system. Founded by Karl Marx – also called Marxism. All property is held in common by the People – shared. No God, only the state.
Communism
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Alliance of western capitalist democracies, including US and Great Britain.
NATO
Alliance of Eastern communist dictatorships, including USSR and East Germany.
Warsaw Pact
The division down the center of Europe between capitalist and communist nations.
Iron Curtain
US will use force to contain expansion of communism.
The Truman Doctrine
If one country falls to communism, nearby countries will soon fall to communism.
Domino Theory
Soviet Union closes off Berlin. U.S. responds by flying food into capitalist sector of Berlin.
The Berlin Airlift.
Desegregates the military.
Truman's Civil Rights Commission (1948)
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).
Separate but equal unlawful in public schools.