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International organization for defense primarily created to block further communist gains in Southeast Asia. This was an essential of the global policy of containment of communism.

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Congress passed the construction of 40,000 miles of interstate highways mainly in the case of a crisis the US could transport military supplies quickly across the country. It also positively influenced economic growth, speed up consumer goods transportations, reduced traffic injuries, provided benefits to users, and been a crucial factor in the nation's defense.

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Eastern European military alliance that promoted the spread of communism. it was a response to the creation of NATO. Again, this showed the tensions rising between the two sides during the cold war.

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Western military alliance that wanted to prevent the spread of communism formed after the Berlin airlift. The democratic countries were supported financially by the US.

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In 1946 Congress wanted to cut the power of organized labor it passed an act that outlawed the closed shop, or the practice of forcing business owners to hire only union members. It reserved the rights of labor unions to organize and bargain collectively, but also gave workers the right to decline to join a union.

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General Agreements for Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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General Agreements for Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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Signed in 1947 agreement was designed to provide an international forum that encouraged free trade expanded international trade by mutual reduction on tariffs. This organization eventually led to the WTO.

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In 1957 the USSR launched the first man made satellite in space. This shows that the US is falling behind in technology. This launch fueled both the space race and the arms race during the cold war.

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In the 1950s the fear and paranoia of communism was referred as the 2nd red scare. The fear grew wild led to the creation of the organization of HUAC. Which many people were accused to be communist or to have communist ties.

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House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

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House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

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Government agency investigated alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens public employees and those organizations suspected of having communist ties. Although this is little over used, as people were blacklisted only because they refused to answer the questions.

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A nuclear attack was a real fear for many Americans as a result they built underground bunkers to help protect themselves from nuclear weapons.This was a symbol of the tension of how close the nations were going to use nuclear power.

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Originally created to repel communism in Greece and Turkey this policy will be used as justification for stopping communism from spreading by any means necessary throughout the cold war. It convinced many Americans to repel communism and USSR.

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The fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, minimum wage increased, and all Americans have equal rights. It was a mixed success as minimum wage had increased and social security are expanded.

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America was embarrassingly caught spying on the USSR when one of our spy planes was shot down over the USSR. It increased the tension between the two nations and helped escalate the Cold War. Also derailed a scheduled summit meeting of Nikita Khrushchev and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Economic system where everything belongs to the state (government), so it can be better distributed to the massive poor. Private owned properties does not exist. This was the major cause of the cold war, which USSR and many poor countries are communists, and the US tried to contain its spread. leading to rising tension.

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Economic system where people can on the on business and own their own home. This was the ideology on the opposite side against the communism, which the differences made the major cause of the cold war.

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This was an example of the response of the space race by the US. A year after the launch of Sputnik America created this space organization for research and exploration. It successfully send the first man to the moon. The creation of this organization led to the future world leading space technologies of America.

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This conflict bagna because the Communist North backed by USSR attacked the democratic south supported by the US. the US stepped in to help the south to win against communist aggression. Communist China entered to keep democratic south supported by the US from getting too close to its border. At the end of the conflict, boundary lines were drawn where they started at the 38th parallel.

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A.K.A. European Recovery Program, the US economic aid given to Western European nations after WWII to help them rebuild their economies and to help weaken the appeal of communism. It benefited US economy since the money given to those nations were used to buy US consumer products.This player a huge role in postwar recovery.

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This was the plan created by George Kennan wanting to  keep communism from spreading by diplomatic, economic and military forces. The idea of containment was partially the causes of the Vietnam War and the Korean War.

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A symbolic divide between the Western Democratic Europe and Eastern Communist Europe. Its an ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after WWII to keep the communist nations from open contact with the western democratic nations. This was a symbol of the cold war, as the democratic nations tried to contain communism but they never went to a direct combat.

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Tensions between the USA and the USSR that lasted from 1945-1990 that divided the world, after WWII. The long period tension and political rivalry between the communist USSR and democratic USA. there were never a direct confrontation of the two countries thus called the cold war. Finally ended by the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

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New music style that has its roots  in African American rhythm and blues during the 1950s. Particularly significant influences were jazz, blues, gospel, country, and folk. This was a uniting force that created a common culture amongst white and black teenagers.

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The 1950s was a time when the majority of Americans tried to fit in with each other in the society. The examples are the development of suburbs, baby boom, house wivies, franchises, consumerism, white collar. This is bad in some ways, as some people are not similar to other people but were forced to fit in with them under the society's norms.

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Due to more men attending college of the GI Bill, which resulted in more jobs in the areas such as advertising, plastics, and management. This types of jobs are known as the white collar jobs.

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Men returning home from the war, confidence in the economy, and advances i medicine led to the growth of the largest generation in our nation's history between 1944 - 1964. The babies born created a great need in infant consumer products which also supported the economy

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A.K.A. the Servicemen's Readjustment  Act. This provided loans to veterans to attend college, set up businesses, and buy homes. Which greatly helped the economy and spurred the growth of the suburbs

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Causes of the Great Depression Infographic