Cold War

Question 1

Baby boom

Answer 1

A significant increase in babies born

Question 2

Sun belt

Answer 2

Southern and western states that offers a warm climate year-round and low tax rates

Question 3

Urban renewal

Answer 3

A plan to improve life in cities

Question 4

Beats

Answer 4

Young people know as beatniks, or beats, criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior.

Question 5

Mao Zedong

Answer 5

The communist officially established the people’s republic of China on October 1,1949

Question 6

38th parallel

Answer 6

After the war, the allies divided Korea at the 38th parallel

Question 7

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 7

Contributed to fears in the 1950s by charging that communists were working inside the state of department

Question 8

Hydrogen bomb

Answer 8

A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bomb used in word war two.

Question 9

Arms race

Answer 9

Both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more weapons

Question 10

Sputnik

Answer 10

The worlds first artificial satellite

Question 11

Brinkmanship

Answer 11

A willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism

Question 12

Yalta conference

Answer 12

The three leaders made important decisions about future of European governments

Question 13

Nuremberg trills

Answer 13

In November 1945 the tribunal put high-ranking Nazis on what became know as the Nuremberg trials

Question 14

Potsdam conference

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

UN United nation

Answer 15

An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts

Question 16

Cold War

Answer 16

Came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 17

Containment

Answer 17

Or preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world

Question 18

Truman Doctrine

Answer 18

This policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism became known as the Truman doctrine

Question 19

Marshal plan

Answer 19

Western Europe received more than 13 billion dollars in U.S loans and grants for Europe economic recovery between 1948 and 1952

Question 20

NATO

Answer 20

United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada, to form NATO

Question 21

GI bill of rights

Answer 21

Offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses

Question 22

Fair deal

Answer 22

Include a higher minimum wage, the creation of a national health insurance plan for all Americans, and expanded social security Benefits for the elderly