Soviet Union - Enemy of the United States during the Cold War, Marshall Plan - Plan that gave financial aid to Europe after WWII- hoped it would stop the spread of Communism, GI Bill - Provided hospitals, low-cost mortgage loans, and college tuition for veterans, Democracy - Type of government used by the United States and Japan after WWII, Iron Curtain - An imaginary line that divided Democratic Western Europe from the Communist Soviet Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, United Nations - Organization made in 1945 to help prevent future wars, Warsaw Pact - Communist alliance that fought against Democratic NATO, Domino Theory - The belief that if democracy fell to communism in one country, neighboring countries would follow, Containment - America's policy to stop the spread of Communism, Eleanor Roosevelt - Human rights advocate and the first US representative to the United Nations, NATO - Acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization- Was democratic and the US a leader, Arms Race - Stockpiling (building up) of nuclear weapons during the Cold War, USSR - Acronym for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Baby Boom - US population explosion 1946-1964. Contributed to major population growth., Harry Truman - This US President desegregated the US military in 1948, Bert - Name of the turtle cartoon character was used to teach people to 'duck and cover' as a means of calming the fear of nuclear attack,

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