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HIST 203, Week 5, Key Terms“iron curtain” containment Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 domino theory Truman Doctrine, 1947 Marshall Plan North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), founded 1948 Chinese Revolution, 1949 CIA coup in Guatemala, 1954 Cuban Revolution, 1959 Third World decolonization Senator Joseph McCarthy and HUAC Ethel and Julius Rosenberg loyalty oaths national security state military-industrial complex National Security Act of 1947 consumers’ republic “the affluent society” high point of unionization during the 20th century: 32% of the labor force in 1952 family wage ideal Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) Highways Act of 1956 baby boom, 1946-1964 radio was a mass medium in 1945 and television was virtually unknown; by 1960, 500 tv stations were broadcasting and 87% of households owned a television citizen consumers and purchasing consumers Nader’s Raiders |