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| Organization created to try and keep nuclear weapons and research under civilian control |
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| Central Intelligence Agency |
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| Created to provide the u.S. government with strategic military and political information overseas |
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| Tribunal that attempted to bring to justice Nazi war criminals |
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| Countries, primarily of eastern Europe, that came under Soviet control after World War II |
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| Foreign policy developed during Eisenhower's administration wherein willingness to use nuclear weapons for a massive retaliation would prevent war. |
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| International organization centered in New York City that was founded to promote world peace |
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| ALso known as the ERP, it provided financial aid to Western Europe after World War II as a way of combating Soviet expanasion |
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| Loose term used for the competition for allies and spheres of influence between the U.S. and the Soviet Union |
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| Location where Churchill, Stalin, and Truman met to plan post-war Europe, especially Germany. |
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| After the war, Germany was divided into these, with a different Allied country in control of each |
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| Term used for huge japanese companies run by single families that monopolized the Japanese economy |
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| The body of the United Nations called the General Assembly includes this |
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| This part of the United Nations includes 15 members and addresses pressing military and political problems. |
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| The United Nations proposed to split this area into two states- one for the Jews and one for the Arabs |
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| The Zionist Movement was the push for this in Palestine |
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| The Jewish portion of Palestine was called this |
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| Ralph Bunche became the first African American to win this for his work with the Arabs and Jews in Palestine |
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| Perhaps the lack of this was the biggest driving force for the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union |
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| The major evidence that convicted Alger Hiss became known as this |
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| Name of the first satellite, launched by the SOviet Union, which created a bit ofd a panic in the U.S. |
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| The U.S.'s response to Sputnik, it was launched in 1958 |
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| National Defense Education Act |
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| As a result of Sputnik, Congress passed this, which was to provide millions of dollars to improve education in America |
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| The Soviet Union DID NOT occupy this country after World War II |
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| The Soviet occupation of this area set up the Cold War |
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| The U.S. and British carried this out to assist the people in the Soviet occupied area of Berlin |
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| This treaty united Western Europe and the U.S. against the Soviet Union |
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| Mao and the Communist revolution here was great a concern to Truman |
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| Gen. MacArthur's actions during this caused Truman to dismiss him from his command. |
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| The Supreme Court's ruling in Brown vs. the Board of Education made these types of public schools illegal |
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| The Democratic platform in 1952 called for a repeal of this |
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| Committee on Civil Rights |
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| This was created to investigate the extent of racism in the U.S. |
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| They called for an extension of the New Deal and better relations with the Soviet Union |
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| A break-away from the Democratic party, they called for continued racial segregation |
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| machines that could perform work faster and more efficient than humans |
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| Court case that was the basis of separate but equal schools |
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| Also known as the Voting Rights Act, it made it a federal crime to keep qualified people from voting |
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| Provided government loans, tuition, and pensions to veterans of World War II |
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| Council on Economic Advisors |
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| This was created to help the president deal with the post-war economy |
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| President Truman banned racial discrimination in this |
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| The term "pink-collared jobs" referred to occupations traditionally filled by these |
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| Term used to describe managerial and clerical jobs |
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| This was passed by Congress in an effort to clean up unions, outlawing ex-convicts from becoming union officers and regulating union investments |
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| Title given to the high school students given the task of desegregating an Arkansas school |
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| The success of this movement caused an Alabama company to change its rules on seat selections, and showed that minorities could effect change against unjust laws |
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| The League of Latin American Citizens was created to fight for the rights of these people |
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| Passed in 1956, this was yet another attempt to "Americanize' Native Americans by trying to encourage them to move to urban areas |
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| Once wartime price controls were lifted, prices rose dramatically, leading to this |
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| Membership in these increased during the 1950's |
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| More and more people were doing this at a younger age after World War II |
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| The number of mothers doing this increased after World War II |
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| Their lifestyles changed dramatically since they no longer had to contribute to the family income in the 1950's |
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| Although her actions lead to the boycott, it was martin Luther King, Jr. who was the spokesperson for the movement |
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| An unfortunate factor of the 1950's was that this was still a major problem for nonwhite Americans in society |
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| Groups like the Beats and juvenile delinquents fought against this |
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| Term used for the countries of Eastern Europe that came under SOviet control after World War II |
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| Policy of not allowing the Soviets to expand their area of control |
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| Called for the creation of a special international agency with the authority to inspect any country's atomic-energy plants |
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| Leader of China's Communist Party, he led a successful revolution over Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists, who were supported by the U.S. |
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| Sec. of State John Foster Dulles's foreign policy which rested on the threat of massive retaliation and the use of nuclear weapons |
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| Newly created agency that, through covert means, gathered strategic information to further U.S. foreign policy goals |
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| (Not the rock band!)Type of U.S. spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union, causing the cancellation of the summit in Paris (But that is why the band chose the name!) |
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| The passage of this ACT, led to the creation of the national Security Council, which advised the president on strategic foreign policy matters. |
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| Congressional committee which drove the "Red Scare" by investigating political ties of American citizens, including the "Hollywood Ten" |
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| Passed in 1950, it required Communist party members to register with the federal government and imposed strict restrictions on immigrants suspected of being Communist sympathizers |
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| Senator from Wisconsin, his claims of rampant Communists within American society fueled the fires of the Red Scare |
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| Federal Civil Defense Administration |
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| Passed to create a system of domestic defense in case of foreign attack |
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