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GI Bill
GI Bill was significant because it helped World War II veterans. It established hospitals, gave veterans stipends for schooling, and made low interest mortgages available. -
Bretton Woods Economic Conference
In the Bretton Woods Economic Conference, the International Monetary Fund was established, which regulated currency exchange rates and encouraged world trade. Economic growth was promoted in war-ravaged and underdeveloped areas through the founding of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Trade barriers were also reduced between nations after the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was established. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference is important because it was a meeting between Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union where they all discussed future plans for the world and plans for the end of World War II. -
Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial was significant because it was a huge milestone in developing a permanent international court and also helps people know how to deal with future war crimes and genocide. -
Operation Dixie
Operation Dixie was significant because it preserved gains made by organized labor and protected its members. -
Baby Boom
The Baby Boom was an era where many children were being born because Americans had postponed having children during the Great Depression and World War II. -
Employment Act of 1946
The Employment Act of 1946 was significant because it put all of the responsibility of economic stability of unemployment and inflation on the federal government. -
Tokyo War Crimes Trial
The Tokyo War Crimes Trial was important because it put the leaders of Japan on trial for a conspiracy to start and wage war, crimes against humanity, and conventional war crimes. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was important because it established that the United States would provide military, economic, and political assistance to other nations that were under threat. -
Taft-Hartley Act
The Taft-Hartley Act was significant because it gave labor unions the right to bargain and organize collectively and also allowed workers the right to decline joining a union. -
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is important because it was originally created to form an organization for foreign policy analysis and intelligence. -
National Security Council (NSC)
The National Security Council (NSC) is significant because it helps to advise and assist the President with national security and foreign policies. -
Levittown
Levittown was important because it provided affordable housing and a better standard of living, but also had architectural monotony, racism, and poor planning involved. -
Containment Doctrine
The Containment Doctrine was important because it helped stop the spread of communism. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was important because it helped with the economic recovery of nations after World War II and also reduced communist influence within those nations. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was important because it was a great Cold War victory for the United States. -
Executive Order 9981
The Executive Order 9981 was significant because it put an end to racial segregation in the United States military. -
Fair Deal
The Fair Deal was significant because it recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the national minimum wage should be increased, and that all Americans should have equal rights. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was important because it provided security against the Soviet Union for many nations. -
Sunbelt
The Sunbelt was significant because it caused rapid growth in manufacturing activities and improved living conditions for retired people and workers. -
National Security Council Memorandum Number 68 (NSC-68)
The National Security Council Memorandum Number 68 (NSC-68) was significant because it recommended that the United States engage in military expansion of the nuclear arsenal and also conventional forces. -
Korean War
The Korean War was important because it was the first time that two world powers, in this case the United States and the Soviet Union, fought a proxy war in a third country. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army-McCarthy Hearings were multiple hearings with a purpose of investigating the conflicting accusations that were between the U.S. army and U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is accusing someone of subversion or treason without having any regard for evidence. -
First Hydrogen Bomb
The first hydrogen bomb was important because it was the first thermonuclear weapon time be created.
