Arms race: a rivalry between states for superiority in the creation and amassing of weapons,

particularly during the Cold War between the U.S. and the former USSR.

Berlin Blockade:the Soviet Union's 1948 attempt to restrict travel by the United States, Great
Britain, and France

Cold War: no direct combat between American and Soviet soldiers. Yet, the two superpowers
were always at odds with one another.

Demilitarized zone (DMZ): a territory where warfare is prohibited by treaties or agreements

between governments, military powers, or rival groups

Dumbarton Oaks Conference: was a conference that was held internationally where ideas for
the creation of a "universal international organization,"

Iron Curtain: a hypothetical wall that existed before communism's fall in the wake of the political
events in eastern Europe in 1989 and divided the former Soviet Union from the West.

Korean war: between South Korea, assisted by the United States and other United Nations
members, and North Korea, assisted by Communist China and a United Nations armed force.

Marshall plan: a U.S. initiative that helped Western Europe recover from the destruction of
World War II.

NATO: formed in 1949 to offer collective defense against the Soviet Union by the United States,
Canada, and a number of Western European countries.

Nuremberg Trials: held by the Allies against representatives of the vanquished Nazi Germany
for involvement in the planning and execution of invasions of other nations as well as other
wartime crimes.

Potsdam: the last time that the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
would get together to talk about postwar collaboration.

Superpower: a state with far greater general influence than other states due to its military,
economic, or both power.

Truman Doctrine: established that all democratic countries under attack from internal or external
authoritarian forces would receive political, military, and economic support from the United
States.

House un-american activites committee:to look into claims of disloyalty and rebel behavior on
the part of private individuals, governmental employees, and groups thought to have Communist
affiliations.
Loyalty Review program: mandated that all government workers submit to fingerprinting and fill
out a questionnaire on their political associations and affiliations.

McCarthyism: The political practice of making public charges of disloyalty or subversion without
enough consideration for the supporting documentation

Domino Theory: suggested that a communist control of one country would swiftly spread to
adjacent states

GI Bill of Rights: gave money to World War II soldiers for housing, unemployment insurance,
and college.

Interstate Highway System: Eliminate all obstacles to "quick, safe transcontinental travel,"
including dangerous roads, inefficient routes, gridlock, and other obstacles.

Indian Termination Policy: The assumption that American Indians would be better off if they
were integrated into mainstream American society underpinned American policy

Migration: a person's or people's transfer from one location to another

Baby Boom: After WW2 when people started having babies again.

Beat generation:a youth movement in the 1950s that disapproved of traditional society

Birthrate: the number of live births per 1,000 people annually.

Suburbs: a remote area of a city, especially one that is residential.

Women in the workforce: Women's economic involvement grew again, with the gains mostly
attributable to an increase in work.

Youth culture: The way youth would drastically change their views compared to their parents.