844-852-858 Vocab Flashcards
Mao Zedong
The leader of Taiwan
38th parellel
Where the Koreans dived Korea.
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Wisconsin Senator
Hydrogen bomb
Weapon far more powerful than the atomic bomb
Arms race
A race to stockpile on arms and weapons
Sputnik
The words first artificial satellite
Brinkmanship
A willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism
Baby boom
Increase in the numbers of baby’s born
Sun belt
Southern and western states that offered a warm climate of war round
Urban renewal
A plan to improve life in cities.
Beats
Young people whom criticized unusual writing.
Potsdam Conference
Where all the leaders met to discuss
Fair deal
NATO
Cold War
A war w no soldiers
Nuermburg Trials
War crimes being justified
UN
Organization dedicated for human rights
Marshall Plan
Donation to Western Europe
Truman doctrine
Providing aid to foreign countries
GI bill of rights
Serviceman’s Readjustment Act
NATO
Members that promised to protect each other in case of war
Fair deal
A higher minimum wage
Joseph Mcarthy
A Wisconsin senator