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house un-american activities committee
-in the mid-1944 the committee focused its investigations on searching for communist in the united states
-most famous for investigating alger hiss and for the blacklisting of many Hollywood actors -
Douglas MacArthur
-american 5 star general and field Marshall of the Philippines army
-mcauthor was chief of staff during ww11 -
G.l.bill established
wanted to create benefits and jobs for soldiers coming back from WWII
-benefit;low cost mortgage start up loans for businesses.low interest loans payed soldiers to go to college -
truman doctrine
-purpose the u.s made the policy to help stop the spread of communism and keep communism contained
-Marshall received the 1953 Nobel peace prize for the plan -
north Atlantic treaty organization
purpose safeguard the freedom and security of its members through politically and military means
-stands for the north Atlantic treaty organization -
air conditioning
-modern a/c invented in 1902 but not put to widespread use until after WWII
-used 1st in a theater in the south use od tv a/c and cars killed the use of front pourch gatherings and drove up the use of electricity