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Yalta Conference

1945 meeting to discuss post-war Europe division.

Bretton Woods Conference

1944 meeting establishing international monetary system.

United Nations

International organization founded in 1945 for peace.

Nuremberg War Crimes Trial

Post-WWII trials for Nazi war criminals.

Berlin Airlift

1948-1949 operation to supply West Berlin.

Containment Doctrine

U.S. strategy to prevent Soviet expansion.

Marshall Plan

U.S. initiative to aid European economic recovery.

NATO

Military alliance formed in 1949 for collective defense.

National Security Council Memorandum Number

Policy document guiding U.S. Cold War strategy.

Korean War

1950-1953 conflict between North and South Korea.

House of Un-American Activities Committee

Investigative committee on alleged communist activities.

McCarthyism

Campaign against alleged communists in the 1950s.

Army-McCarthy Hearings

1954 hearings exposing McCarthy's anti-communist tactics.

Executive Order 9981

1948 order desegregating the U.S. military.

Taft-Hartley Act

1947 law limiting union powers and activities.

Operation Dixie

Campaign to unionize southern workers post-WWII.

Employment Act of 1946

Legislation promoting economic stability and full employment.

GI Bill

1944 law providing benefits to World War II veterans.

Fair Deal

Truman's proposal for social welfare reforms.

Sunbelt

Region of the U.S. experiencing population growth.

Levittown

Mass-produced suburban housing development in the 1950s.

Baby Boom

Post-WWII increase in birth rates.

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Jiang Jieshi

Chinese Nationalist leader during the Chinese Civil War.

George F. Kennan

Architect of the containment policy against the USSR.

George C. Marshall

U.S. Secretary of State, initiated the Marshall Plan.

Joseph McCarthy

Senator known for anti-communist witch hunts.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Theologian influencing Cold War moral thought.

Benjamin Spock

Pediatrician known for influential child-rearing advice.