Chapter 27 - The Cold War

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John Foster Dulles
________, who would become secretary of state in the Eisenhower administration, wrote the foreign policy plank of the Republican platform in 1952.
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Taft Hartley Act
The ________ did not destroy the labor movement, as many union leaders had predicted.
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Stalin
________ wanted to impose heavy reparations on Germany and to ensure a permanent dismemberment of the nation.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
On April 4, 1949, twelve nations signed an agreement establishing the ________ (NATO) and declaring that an armed attack against one member would be considered an attack against all.
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1946
In the summer of ________, President Truman vetoed an extension of the authority of the wartime Office of Price Administration, thus eliminating price controls.
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Reconversion
________ was particularly difficult for the millions of women and minorities who had entered the workforce during the war.
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private homes
Fallout shelters sprang up in public buildings and ________, stocked with water and canned goods.
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Roosevelt
In February 1945, ________ joined Churchill and Stalin for a peace conference in the Soviet city of Yalta- a resort on the Black Sea that was once a summer palace for the tsars.
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Yalta
The ________ accords, in other words, were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles that sidestepped the most difficult questions.
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postwar inflation
The ________, the pressure to meet the rising expectations of a high consumption society, the growing divorce rate, which left many women responsible for their own economic well- being- all combined to create among women a high demand for paid employment.
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Berlin
The crisis in ________ accelerated the consolidation of what was already in effect an alliance among the United States and the countries of Western Europe.
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National Security Act of 1947
The ________ reshaped the nations major military and diplomatic institutions.
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Taft Hartley Act
He called for the repeal of the ________, increased price supports for farmers, and strong civil rights protections for blacks.