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Definition: Detente is a phase of relaxed tensions between 2 enemies.
Importance: Detente caused both the U.S. and the USSR to limit their nuclear arms. It also caused SALT I and II.

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Definition: Heavy industry is when machines and equipment are made for factories.
Importance: Stalin's 5 year plan post WW2  involved heavy industry. However, the downfall to this was that Stalin neglected consumer goods and housing.

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Definition: The red scare was America's fear that communism was taking over the U.S. government.
Importance: It led to the HUAC, which rounded people up  who were accused of being communists.

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Definition: The GI Bill, also called the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, was a bill where the government helped soldiers go to college.
Importance: The GI Bill ultimately led to a smarter nation and helped keep competition for jobs down after WWII.

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Definition: A welfare state is when the government provides the citizens with services, such as healthcare, and gives funds to the unemployed, sick, and aged.
Importance: During the Cold War, Great Britain was a welfare state. The U.S. copied this idea and that's why we have a welfare system today.

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Definition: Ostpolitik was West Germany's policy during the Cold War to improve communications with the Soviet Union, while still staying close to the west.
Importance: This was beneficial for the U.S. West Germany could share information about the Soviet Union to the U.S.