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House of Un-American Activities Committee
The start of the search for spies and communists; scared everyone and increased accusations and paranoi -
GI Bill
Veteran benefits: education, housing, low-interest loans; veterans were working -
Truman Doctrine
Support with economic or military aid; Greece and Turkey were in danger of communism; informally extended to become the basis of the Cold War policy of containment -
National Security Act of 1947
Department of Defense, CIA, NCS; a major restructuring US government's military and intelligence agencies -
Marshall Plan
Reduced the influence and power of Communist parties in Western Europe; Soviet Union saw it as an anti-communist move by the US -
Berlin Airlift
The end of the blockade -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; US and Western Europe; the Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance -
Warsaw Pact
Unites the communist nation of Eastern Europe; rival alliance against NATO -
Interstate Highway System
Defense -
Eisenhower Doctrine
US should defend nations against communism -
Sputnik
First satellite; launched by the Soviet Union; cause US embarrassment); -
U-2 Incident
US spy plane is shot down over the Soviet Union; Soviet Union had proof US was spying on them; created tensions -
Bay of Pigs
US' failed invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro; started an Arms Race -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Ban on nuclear testing above ground; limited the use of nuclear bombs -
Berlin Wall
Separates East and West; symbol of communism
