2. CH 28 Vocab Flashcards Post World War II

3. Directions for Flashcards 1.After reading the definition, click on the box in the bottom right hand corner to go to the next slide. 2. You will see the definition again. Click on the box to bring up the term. 3. Double click on the box to then go the next definition.

4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, each member of NATO agreed to help any other member if an outsider attacked it Click for Term

5. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization, each member of NATO agreed to help any other member if an outsider attacked it Click for Term

6. An international organization whose main goal is to keep international peace Click for Term

7. United Nations An international organization whose main goal is to keep international peace Click for Term

8. a state of tension between two superpowers with no actual fighting Click for Term

9. Cold War a state of tension between two superpowers with no actual fighting Click for Term

10. A conflict that began in 1948 over the land once known as Palestine, now known as Israel Click for Term

11. Arab Israeli Conflict A conflict that began in 1948 over the land once known as Palestine, now known as Israel Click for Term

12. A nickname given to Communists by Americans during the Red Scare and the Cold War Click for Term

13. Reds A nickname given to Communists by Americans during the Red Scare and the Cold War Click for Term

14. A system of government in which the Communist party controls the political, economic, cultural and social life of the people Click for Term

15. Communism A system of government in which the Communist party controls the political, economic, cultural and social life of the people. Click for Term

16. The economic system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are privately owned and operated for profit in a free market system Click for Term

17. Capitalism The economic system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are privately owned and operated for profit in a free market system Click for Term

18. An easing of tensions between the superpowers Click for Term

19. Detente An easing of tensions between the superpowers Click for Term

20. Under this act the government helped veterans set up farms and businesses, many GI’s received loans to go to college, and 1 year of unemployment insurance Click for Term

21. GI Bill of Rights Under this act the government helped veterans set up farms and businesses, many GI’s received loans to go to college, and 1 year of unemployment insurance Click for Term

22. Inexpensive housing community (post WW2) for WW2 veterans and their families Click for Term

23. Levittown Inexpensive housing community (post WW2) for WW2 veterans and their families Click for Term

24. The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will Click for Term

25. Self-determination The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will Click for Term

26. Policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power, the post WW2 foreign policy stating the US would hold Soviet influence within its existing limits Click for Term

27. Containment Policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power, the post WW2 foreign policy stating the US would hold Soviet influence within its existing limits Click for Term

28. An increase in size and power Click for Term

29. Expansion An increase in size and power Click for Term

30. Planes flew in food, fuel, and other supplies to 2 million Berliners during the Berlin Blockade, which cut off the city of West Berlin from the rest of the world Click for Term

31. Berlin Airlift Planes flew in food, fuel, and other supplies to 2 million Berliners during the Berlin Blockade, which cut off the city of West Berlin from the rest of the world Click for Term

32. To close off something Click for Term

33. Blockade To close off something Click for Term

34. March 1947, President Truman sent aid to Greece and Turkey, with this aid, both governments put down revolts and restored order Click for Term

35. Truman Doctrine March 1947, President Truman sent aid to Greece and Turkey, with this aid, both governments put down revolts and restored order Click for Term

36. Between 1948 and 1952 the US gave $12 billion in aid to Western Europe, this plan helped to lessen the danger of communist revolutions in Western Europe Click for Term

37. Marshall Plan Between 1948 and 1952 the US gave $12 billion in aid to Western Europe, this plan helped to lessen the danger of communist revolutions in Western Europe Click for Term

38. A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union Click for Term

39. Warsaw Pact A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union Click for Term