Cold War

Question 1

Yalta Conference

Answer 1

Three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments

Question 2

Nuremberg trials

Answer 2

In November 1945 the tribunal put high-ranking nazis on trial in the German city of Nuremberg in what became known as the Nuremberg trials

Question 3

United Nations

Answer 3

An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts

Question 4

Cold War

Answer 4

The phrase cold war came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between United States and the Soviet Union

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

Containment or preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world

Question 6

Truman doctrine

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Marshall plan

Answer 7

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

Question 8

NATO

Answer 8

United States join Western Europe countries along with Iceland and Canada to form nato

Question 9

GI bill of rights

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Fair deal

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Mao Zedong

Answer 11

Communist officially established the people’s republic of China

Question 12

38th parallel

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 13

Contributed to fears in the early 1950s by charging inside the state Department

Question 14

Hydrogen bomb

Answer 14

A weapon far more powerful then the atomic bombs used in ww2

Question 15

Arms race

Answer 15

United States and the Soviet Union having a race to create atomic bombs

Question 16

Sputnik

Answer 16

The worlds first artificial satellite

Question 17

Brinkmanship

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Baby boom

Answer 18

A significant increase in the number of babies born

Question 19

Sun belt

Answer 19

Southern and western states that offered a warm climate year round and low Tax rates

Question 20

Urban renewal

Answer 20

A plan to improve life in cities

Question 21

Beats

Answer 21

Young people known as beatniks or beats criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior

Question 22

Potsdam Conference

Answer 22

President Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and clement attlee all attended the conference