CHAPTER 27 VOCAB

Question 1

yalta conference

Answer 1

conference where the three allied leaders met in a soviet city where they discussed the future of european governments

Question 2

nuremberg trials

Answer 2

tribunal put high ranking nazis on trial at nuremberg. trials like these established that individuals must be held responsible for committing war crimes, even if they were acting for the government

Question 3

united nations

Answer 3

an organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts

Question 4

cold war

Answer 4

phrase used to describe the struggle for global power between the united states and the soviet union

Question 5

containment

Answer 5

policy preventing the soviet union from spreading its influence of communism around the world

Question 6

truman doctrine

Answer 6

policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism

Question 7

marshall plan

Answer 7

plan that helped european nations receive u.s. loans and grants for european economic recovery

Question 8

north atlantic treaty organization (nato)

Answer 8

u.s. and nine western european countries, along with iceland and canada to form an alliance where they promised to defend each other of attacked

Question 9

GI bill of rights

Answer 9

serviceman’s readjustment act, it offered veterans money for school , loans for houses, farms, and business

Question 10

fair deal

Answer 10

a higher minimum wage, the creation of a national health insurance plan for all americans, and expanded social security benefits for the elderly

Question 11

mao zedong

Answer 11

led the communists and established the people’s republic os china on october 1, 1949

Question 12

38th parallel

Answer 12

divided korea by the allies after world war ii

Question 13

joseph mccarthy

Answer 13

senator from wisconsin who contributed to fears during the red scare by charging that communists were working inside the state department

Question 14

hydrogen bomb

Answer 14

a weapon that was much more powerful than the atomic bomb

Question 15

arms race

Answer 15

when the u.s. and soviet union rushed to build more nuclear weapons

Question 16

sputnik

Answer 16

the world’s first artificial satellite launched by the soviets

Question 17

brinkmanship

Answer 17

willingness to go to the brink of ear to oppose communism

Question 18

baby boom

Answer 18

a significant increase in the number of babies born during the 1950s

Question 19

sun belt

Answer 19

southern and western states that offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates. as a result the region’s population doubled

Question 20

urban renewal

Answer 20

a plan that involved improving life in cities because cities collected fewer tac dollars due to the migration to the south

Question 21

beats

Answer 21

young people known as beatniks who criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior