Chapter 40 Text AssignmentThe Cold War Begins, 1945-19521.)Taft-Hartley Act (1947)-Federal legislation that amended the National Labor Relations Act of 1935to include a definition of unfair labor practices, grant individual employees the right to sue union orcompany officials for unfair labor practices, restrict closed shops and prohibit secondary boycotts2.)Employment Act (1946)-Its main purpose was to lay the responsibility of economic stability onto thefederal government3.)Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (1944- GI Bill)-was anomnibus billthat provided college orvocational education for returningWorld War IIveterans(commonly referred to asG.I.s) as well asone year of unemployment compensation. It also provided many different types of loans for returningveterans to buy homes and start businesses4.)Veterans’ Administration-is a government-run militaryveteranbenefit system withCabinet-levelstatus. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after theUnited StatesDepartment of Defense.[1]With a total 2009 budget of about $87.6 billion, VA employs nearly 280,000people at hundreds of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, clinics, and benefits offices and is responsiblefor administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors5.)Sunbelt-states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politicallyconservative6.)Rustbelt-urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of decliningindustries7.)Yalta Conference (February 1945-A Conference which included the Allied Powers, with FranklinRoosevelt, Stalin and DeGaulle, to determine the boundaries and 'spoil' at the end of WWII8.)International Monetary Fund (IMF)-is theinternational organizationthat oversees theglobalfinancial systemby following themacroeconomic policiesof its member countries, in particular thosewith an impact onexchange rateand thebalance of payments. It is an organization formed with astated objective of stabilizing international exchange rates and facilitating development. It also offershighlyleveraged loans, mainly topoorer countries9.)International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)-a United Nations agencycreated to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments10.)Security Council-The executive body of the United Nations, charged with the duty of preventing orstopping wars by diplomatic, economic or military action11.)Assembly-is one of the five principalorgans of the United Nationsand the only one in which allmember nations have equal representation. Its powers are to oversee the budget of theUnited Nations,appoint the non-permanent members to theSecurity Council, receive reports from other parts of theUnited Nationsand make recommendations in the form ofGeneral Assembly Resolutions12.)Containment Doctrine-Since British assistance to Turkey had ended in 1947, the U.S. dispatchedmilitary aid to ensure that Turkey would retain chief control of the passage. The aircraft carrier
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