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Servicemen's Readjustment Act
This act offered low-interest home loans, a stipend to attend college, loans to start a business, and unemployment benefits. -
Taft-Hartley Act
This act gave officials the authority to purge communists from the labor union. -
the Long Telegram
The US embassy in Moscow sent a lengthy telegram to the State Department denouncing the Soviet Union. -
Smith-Mundt Act
This was an act that consisted of cultural exchanges between different nations in order to promote a better understanding of countries. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
In 1949, American officials launched the NATO which is a mutual defense pact in which the US and Canada joined England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. -
Successful atomic bomb
in 1949, Soviet scientists successfully tested an atomic bomb. -
Cease fire
In 1951, the Soviet ambassador to the UN suggested a cease fire, which the US immediately accepted. -
Eisenhower was elected
Dwight Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 election