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| meeting U.S. president Harry Truman, Churchill, and Stalin after German surrender in WWII; resulted in division of Germany into 4 zones |
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| war crimes trials of high ranking Nazi officials held by an international military tribunal in Nurember, Germany |
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| architect of Jewish extermination program |
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| Japan's premier during war |
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| Int'l organization chartered in 1945; created to settle problems b/w nations |
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| movement pushing for formation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine |
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| persuaded Arabs and Israel to accept an armistice |
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| countries controlled by Soviet Union |
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| US foreign policy during Cold War that sough to prevent expansion of Soviet communism |
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| long power struggle b/w U.S. and Soviet Union; waged mostly on economic and political fronts |
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| State department official and Soviet expert |
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| proposal to create an int'l agency that would impose penalties on countries that violated int'l controls on nuclear weapons |
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| Federal law that created Atomic Energy Commission to oversee nuclear weapons research and to promote uses of atomic energy |
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| Truman's policy that U.S. would help any country fighting against communism |
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| European recovery program; gave money to European countries to help them rebuild economies after WWII |
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| operation in which British and U.S. planes carried food and supplies to West Berlin |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization; alliance formed in 1949 by US, west Europe, and other countries to help defend each other in case of an attack |
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| Military alliance formed in 1955 by Soviet Union and other European Communist Countries |
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| Policy in 1950s that called for threatening an all out war |
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| led nationalist party against Chinese communists |
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| led communist North Korea |
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| Federal agency created in late 1940s to conduct covert operations |
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| stunned political observers by accusing Stalin of many ruthless crimes |
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| US pilot Francis Gary Powers captured while spying on Soviet Union, damaged relations between US and Soviet Union |
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| hydrogen bomb; type of nuclear bomb |
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| National Security Council |
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| organization created by congress to advise president on strategic matters |
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| House un-American Activities Committee |
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| Congressional committee to investigate fascists; became known for investigating US citizens accused of communist ties |
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| group of film directors and writers who went ot jail rather than answers questions from HUAC |
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| in state department, accused by Whitaker Chambers of being a communist spy |
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| Convicted b/c provided Soviet Union with atomic energy secrets during WWII |
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| law that required suspected communist groups to register w/ gov't and imposed controls on immigrants suspected of being communist sympathizers |
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| helped fuel suspicions of Communist sympathizers being everywhere |
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| World's first artificial satellite; launched by Soviet Union |
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| Agency established by Congress to promote space technology |
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| National Defense Education Act` |
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| law that appropriated money to improve education in science, math, and foreign languages |
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| law that established pensions and gov't loans to veterans for education, businesses, or to buy houses and farms |
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| law that gave judges power to end some strikes, outlawed closed-shop agreements, restricted unions political contributions; required union leaders to swear they were not communists |
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| states rights party; formed by dissatisfied democrats who were unhappy with Truman's support for civil rights issues |
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| dixiecrafts presidential candidate in the 1948 election |
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| founded Progressive party in 1948 |
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| Republican candidate in the 1948 election |
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| series of reform programs proposed by Truman after the 1948 election |
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| use of machines to replace people in production |
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| soaring US birthrate after WWII |
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| Texan supervisor of Department of Health, Welfare, and Education |
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| name given to Eisenhowers attempt to balance liberal domestic reforms w/ conservative spending |
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| law that provided money to create a national highway system |
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| small group of writers who challenged literary conventions and lifestyle of middle class |
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| program launched by federal gov't to replace old, run down innercity buildings |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Supreme Court Case that declared segregation in Public Schools unconstitutional |
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| argued on Browns behalf in the Brown v. Board of Education SC case |
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| 9 Af-Am students first integrated in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 |
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| law that made i a federal crime to prevent qualified persons from voting |
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| Mx-Am soldier who was killed in WWII; home town's funeral home director refused to allow the use of the chapel; AMs were outraged, finally burried in Arlington Ntnl Cemetery |
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| League of United Latin American Citizens |
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| group formed to lobby for Hispanic concerns and issues |
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