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| A rush of military force to take over, as in footbal |
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| "War' between USSR and America, communism v. capitalism, arms race for atomic bomb, etc; was cold because no actuall war was fought |
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| Britain could buy weapons from the US in cash |
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| Birthing of 50 million babies in 15 years, one baby every 10 seconds after war |
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| Idea of keeping an eye on Russia and communism without offence |
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| Storming of Normandy beach in France, biggest American take over of German land |
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| Promised economic and military aid to anticommunist countries |
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| European's way of punishment: Don't do that again! (no punishment) |
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| North's oppressive government and south's prospering, north invaded south |
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| America loaned weapons to Britain |
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| Suburban town mass produced for veterans |
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| Part of anti-communist push, developed McCarthyism |
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| Extreme right-wing, dictatorship |
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| Hitler and Germany's idea of the extermination of everyone who wasn't blonde haired and blue eyed, purify the world |
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| Freedom of speech and expression, religion, from want and from fear. |
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| Accused of being a communist, made everyone afraid of state infiltraion |
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| Loans given to soldiers after war to buy homes, start businesses, go to college |
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| Genocide of millions of Jews and other minorities by Hitler and the Nazi party |
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| House of Un-American Activities Committee |
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| Method used in WWII to get closer to Japan, slowly gain islands |
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| Division between democratic west and communist east |
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| Russia blocked off Berlin |
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| First African American in baseball |
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| Camps set up on the west coast interning Japanese because of Japanese war |
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| Built by Russians as part of the blockade |
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| Drafted by America and French, significant for international law |
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| Gave economic aid to countries becoming communists, bribe |
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| Secret construction of the atomic bomb |
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| Rebuild Berlin, by western Europe |
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| Democratic Western alliance |
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| Made by FDR, to stay out of the war |
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| Bombing of naval base by Japanese |
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| Scientist who helped construct the atomic bomb |
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| Scientists, executed for selling secrets to Russia |
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| Launching of Russian shuttle, first female to be executed by electric chair |
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| A United States spy plane was shot down over Russia |
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| Alliance of nations made after WWII, much like League of Nations |
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| Meeting of Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill to discuss punishment for Nazis and German division |
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| Stalin, Truman, and Churchill to discuss same things, ask Japan to surrender |
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