Cold War Flashcards
Baby boom
A significant increase in babies born
Sun belt
Southern and western states that offers a warm climate year-round and low tax rates
Urban renewal
A plan to improve life in cities
Beats
Young people know as beatniks, or beats, criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior.
Mao Zedong
The communist officially established the people’s republic of China on October 1,1949
38th parallel
After the war, the allies divided Korea at the 38th parallel
Joseph McCarthy
Contributed to fears in the 1950s by charging that communists were working inside the state of department
Hydrogen bomb
A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bomb used in word war two.
Arms race
Both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more weapons
Sputnik
The worlds first artificial satellite
Brinkmanship
A willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism
Yalta conference
The three leaders made important decisions about future of European governments
Nuremberg trills
In November 1945 the tribunal put high-ranking Nazis on what became know as the Nuremberg trials
Potsdam conference
Germany and the city of Berlin would be divided into four zones. Britain, France, United States, and the Soviet Union would each control one zone.
UN United nation
An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts