In the Beginning
U.S. policy to prevent the spread of communism.
Containment
The belief that if one country fell to communism all the countries around them would fall too.
Domino Theory
From the end of WWII until 1957, the U.S. population rapidly increased by 75 million.
Baby Boom
This word means "doing business on the Internet."
E-commerce
Created after 9/11, it is responsible for the safety of U.S. airtravel.
TSA
A metaphor describing the countries under Soviet domination in Eastern Europe.
Iron Curtain
The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were on the brink of nuclear war when the Soviets attempted to put nuclear missiles in this nearby country.
Cuba
This invention had a huge impact on consumerism and the country's thoughts about the Vietnam War.
Television
This is the fastest-selling communication device in history.
Cell phone/Smartphone
After 9/11, this act allowed the National Security Agency to conduct sweeping searches and wiretap phones without a warrant, until the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional.
The Patriot Act
This doctrine, named after the president who made it, vowed that the U.S. would support any country fighting communism.
Truman Doctrine
After an incident, this resolution gave President Johnson the authority to send more than 500,000 America troops into Vietnam.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The 1950s saw many middle class white families moving from the cities to areas where they could enjoy homeownership and fresh air, but were they were still close enough to work in the nearby city.
Suburbs
Economic activities moving to wherever in the world is most efficient. Goods and services being exchanged around the world.
Globalization, Global Market
Islamic militant groups that used terrorist tactics.
ISIS and Al-Qaeda
NATO and the Warsaw Pact are examples of countries coming together and pledging to defend each other in a world where they are not safe on their own. This is also the idea behind gang membership.
Collective Security
When President Kennedy refused to provide air support for this plan made by the Eisenhower administration, this invasion of Cuba turned out to be a huge embarassment to the United States.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Under President Johnson, this act allowed more individuals from Asia, Africa, and Latin America to legally enter the United States.
Immigration Act of 1965
This agreement eliminated all trade barriers between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA
Today, this country has the world's fastest growing economy
China
These two conferences at the beginning of the Cold War set the tone of mistrust and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Yalta and Potsdam
The Soviet Union walked out of this world-wide organization in protest, allowing the U.S. to get a resolution passed that would send troops to help South Korea in the Korean War.
The United Nations
As air-condtioning and hydro-electric power made it possible to cool homes and offices in the West and South, Americans left the ___________ Belt and moved to the _____________ Belt.
Rust Belt, Sun Belt
This means that a country has a negative balance of importing more than it exports.
Trade deficit
This word means American companies hiring foriegn companies to produce parts or provide other manufacturing services.
Outsourcing