effects of cold war
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Goal 11
A. “Duck and cover”: Was
suggested method of personal protection
against the effects of a nuclear detonation
which the United States government taught to citizens
during the Cold War.
B. Fallout Shelters:An enclosed space
specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive
debris from a nuclear explosion.
C. House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC): Created in 1938 to investigate alleged
disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those
organizations suspected of having Communist
ties.
D. Hollywood Blacklist:
Communists were said to be placing subversive
messages into Hollywood films. The most famous
group of blacklisted individuals was known as The Hollywood Ten, they refused to answer any questions from HUAC and were jailed by the
government and blacklisted by Hollywood.
A. Fair Deal :Harry Truman's
domestic program which built on
Roosevelt's New Deal. Truman believed that
the federal government should guarantee economic
opportunity and social stability.
B. AFL-CIO:A voluntary federation
of labor unions created in 1955 by the merger of the
American Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations.
A. Taft-Hartley Act: amended much of the
National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act
of 1935, the federal law regulating labor
relations of enterprises engaged in interstate commerce. The act
established control of labor disputes by
enlarging the National Labor Relations Board.
B. National Highway Act: Authorized the
building of highways throughout the
nation, which would be the biggest public works project in the
nation's history.
A. Alger Hiss :A prominent US
government figure who was accused of, found guilty of, and
jailed for being a communist. He fought for his innocence until
his death.
B. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg:
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for espionage in Sing Sing Prison on 19 June 1953.
They had been convicted of giving American atomic
secrets to the Soviets during World War II.
Though the government was convinced of their
guilt, many people were not and the debate over their guilt or innocence did not stop with their
deaths.
C. National Security Act (1947):
mandated a major reorganization of the
foreign policy and military
establishments of the U.S. Government. The
act created the National Security
Council (NSC).
D. Détente:A permanent relaxation in
international affairs during the Cold War. It is a term usually associated with the relations between
America, Russia and China.
E. S.A.L.T. I and II:Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks – two rounds of talks and
agreements between the US and USSR
concerning nuclear arms.