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The Cold War
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the act that helped returning soldiers...
G.I. Bill of Rights
Illinois Lottery
G.I. Joe
2
a phenomenon in which the post war birth rate soared...
stalemate
arms race
baby boom
3
countries whose military, economic, and political strength influence the world...
superpowers
baby boom
arms race
4
collecting weapons...
arms race
superpowers
stock prices
stockpiled
5
centers of older cities, tended to be poor...
demilitarized zone
inner cities
suburbs
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a policy that opposed the spread of Communism...
G.I Bill of Rights
The Truman Show
Truman Doctrine
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the measure of how comfortable life is...
standard of living
containment
superpowers
8
the most popular rock-and-roll singer of the time...
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
John Hamann
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countries rules by another nation...
satellites
containment
iron curtain
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failed invasion of Cuba...
Bay Watch
Bay Area
Pigs in a Blanket
Bay of Pigs
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term used to describe Soviet expansion...
iron curtain
satellites
containment
12
a policy limiting Soviet expansion...
stalemate
satellites
containment
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a workplace in which only union members can be hired...
censure
inner cities
closed shop
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a contest in which nations compete to build more and more powerful weapons...
arms race
stockpiled
superpowers
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an area that neither side in a war controls...
demilitarized zone
inner cities
satellites
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built to keep East Berliners from escaping to the West...
The Berlin Airlift
Bay of Pigs
The Berlin Wall
The Great Wall of China
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started the Peace Corps...
John D. Rockafeller
John Sena
John F. Kennedy
John M. Hamann
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gave money to European Nations to rebuild from the war and weaken Communist influence...
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Marshall University
Marshall Fields
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music that contains a blend of blues and country...
rock-and -roll
bluegrass
country western
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a situation in which neither side wins...
iron curtain
stalemate
containment
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led the "hunt" for Communists in America...
Joseph Stalin
Joseph MaCarthy
Joseph A. Banks
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cagro planes that delivered tons of supplies...
satellites
airlift
productivity
23
the first satellite launched into space...
International Space Station
Death Star
Skylab
Sputnik
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working more efficiently and producing more goods...
stockpiled
productivity
standard of living
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to be condemned for behavior...
stalemate
censure
containment