9) Winston Churchill coined the term “Iron Certain” which meant that the Soviets had cut off Eastern Europe from the west.
11) A cold war was a war in which the two enemies did not actually fight each other. Instead each nation began building up its military forces and arms to intimidate the other.
13) It provided billions of dollars in loans to help returning GI’s—soldiers, sailors, and marines—attend college, receive special training, set up businesses or buy homes. It also provided unemployment and health benefits for the GI’s as they looked for jobs.
15) The agreement that ended the war created a demilitarized zone, a region where military forces could not enter, between North and South Korea. The war ended with neither side achieving victory and there were almost no territory changes. There were many casualties on all sides.
16) The HUAC began investigating communist subversion in the nation. The Committee questioned people about their knowledge of communists or communist sympathizers.
5) Alaska and Hawaii
9) Fidel Castro
10) Jets became revolutionized after the production of the 707 jet. It was able to carry more then 100 passengers at a time. Computers were also starting to gain ground and be used for big businesses.
14) People began to move to the suburbs, which kept a great amount of the population out of the city, except for those affected by poverty. This lead to a large amount of poverty in the cities.
16) If they had nuclear weapons they would not need to have large armies because they would already hold enough power from the nuclear weapons.
17) Since people moved to the suburbs they are more spread out and because they need to get around to run errands and go to the store, there was a higher demand for more cars.
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