Early Years Of The Cold War Section 1, 2 And 3

Question 1

Section 2: Mao Zedong

Answer 1

Mao Zedong a communist in the Korean War.

Question 2

38th parallel

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 3

He was the senator of Wisconsin and contributed to fears in the early 1950s by saying that communists were working inside the state department

Question 4

Hydrogen bomb

Answer 4

Is a weapon that is far more powerful than the atomic bombs used in world war II

Question 5

Arms race

Answer 5

In what became an arms race, both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons.

Question 6

Sputnik

Answer 6

Sputnik, the worlds first artificial satellite.

Question 7

Brinkmanship

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Section 3: baby boom

Answer 8

A baby boom, or significant increase in the number of babies born.

Question 9

Sun belt

Answer 9

Southern and western states that offered a war, climate year round and low tax rate.

Question 10

Urban renewal program

Answer 10

A plan to improve the life In cities

Question 11

Beats

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Yalta conference

Answer 12

At the Yalta conference the three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments.

Question 13

Nuremberg trials

Answer 13

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 14

United Nations

Answer 14

An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts

Question 15

Cold War

Answer 15

The phrase Cold War came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 16

Containment

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Truman doctrine

Answer 17

The policy of providing aid became known as the Truman doctrine.

Question 18

Marshall plan

Answer 18

Under the Marshall plan, Western Europe received more than 13 billion in us loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952

Question 19

North Atlantic treaty organization

Answer 19

United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada to form the North Atlantic treaty organization

Question 20

GI bill of rights

Answer 20

The serviceman’s readjustment act or GI bill of rights offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses farms and businesses.

Question 21

Fair deal

Answer 21

The fair deal included a higher minimum wage, the creation of a national health insurance plan for all Americans and expanded social security benefits for the elderly.

Question 22

Potsdam conference

Answer 22

In this the Soviet Union, US, and Great Britain all decided to split a part of Germany and the city of Berlin.