1. Cold War Conflicts

2. G.I. Bill of Rights  Free post secondary education  8 million participated  $14.5 billion in tax dollars  Loans for homes, farms, & small businesses

3. United Nations  International peacekeeping organization  1945  Promote world peace, security & economic development

4.  All members = General Assembly  11 nations = Security Council  5 nations = Permanent seats  U.S.  U.S.S.R.  France  G.B.  China POWER TO VETO

5. Satellite Nation  Country controlled by another  Soviet Union controlled:  Albania, Bulgaria, Czech., Hungary, Romania, & Poland

6. Containment  Blocking of another country’s influence

7. Iron Curtain  Imaginary line that separated Eastern & Western Europe

8. Cold War  Conflict after WWII between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.  1945-91

9. Truman Doctrine  1947  Provide aid to free nations threatened by communism  1947-50: $400 million to Greece & Turkey

10. Marshall Plan  1947  Aid to European nations that needed it  Over 4 years:  16 nations  $13 billion

11. Berlin Airlift  U.S. & G.B. flew food/supplies into W. Berlin  327 days  277,000 flights  1948

12. 1948 Election  Democrat Harry S. Truman

13. NATO  North Atlantic Treaty Organization  1949  Military alliance of 12 nations of 12 nations

14. Chiang Kai-shek -Leader of nationalist China -Supported by the U.S. & southern/eastern Europe -ruled in southern & eastern China

15. Mao Zedong -ruled Northern China -supported by U.S.S.R. -ruled in northern China

16. 38 th Parallel -separated Korea -U.S. supported S. Korea U.S.S.R. supported N. Korea

17. Korean War  1950-53  U.S. supported S. Korea  China supported N. Korea

18. 1952 Election  Dwight D. Eisenhower

19. HUAC  House Un-American Activities Committee  Investigated communist activity in U.S. after WWII  Hollywood 10  “Blacklist”

20. Alger Hiss  Accused of spying for the U.S.S.R.  Too many years had passed to charge him with espionage espionage  Found guilty of perjury perjury

21. Ethel & Julius Rosenberg  Accused of spying for the U.S.S.R.  Guilty of espionage  Electric chair 1953  1 st civilians executed for espionage

22. Joseph McCarthy  Wisconsin Republican Senator  Anti-communist activist  Lists  State Dept.  Democrats  U.S. Army

23. McCarthyism  Attacks against those who were thought to have ties to the communist party

24. Nikita Khrushchev  Soviet Union leader  1958-64

25. Warsaw Pact  1955  Alliance between U.S.S.R. & Eastern European satellite nations

26. U-2 Incident  1960  Downing of a U.S. spy plane & capture of its pilot Francis Gary Powers