history chapter 28- the cold war era vocab & ppl Flashcards

1
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Generation gap

A

parents not understanding teens

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2
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iron curtain

A

the barrier between E.E. and W.E. descended on Europe

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3
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Baby boom

A

increased birthrate

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4
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Marshall plan

A

aid to Western European countries due to WWII destruction
$13 billion given to help

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5
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GI bill of rights

A

give GIs money for collage, job training, buy homes, etc.

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6
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Fair deal

A

Trumans campaign promise helped civil rights, health insurance

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7
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Containment

A

stop the spread of communism

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8
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NATO

A

(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)- agree to help each other if attacked

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9
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Warsaw pact

A

all of the countries that are ok with communism

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10
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Espionage

A

spying

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11
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Blacklist

A

lists of individuals whose loyalty to U.S. was suspect

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12
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Perjury

A

lying under oath and sent to prison

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13
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Censure

A

formally criticize McCarthy

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14
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Inflation

A

rise in prices

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15
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Domestic

A

home-based reforms to help economic problems

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16
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Closed shops

A

forcing business owners to hire only union members

17
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Desegregation

A

end separation of races, in armed forces

18
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Stalemate

A

neither side gaining ground/winning

19
Q

Demilitarized zone

A

region barring military forces, between the two Koreas along 38th parallel

20
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Surplus

A

excess of $300 million in 1961

21
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Arms race

A

who can build the most weapons

22
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Nuclear

A

atomic weapons being made

23
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Cold war

A

war in which enemies do not physically fight each other

24
Q

Summit

A

meeting of heads of gov. in Geneva

25
Q

Economy

A

production, distribution, & consumption grew

26
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Affluence

A

growing variety & quantity of products, & advertising influenced people to buy more (credit cards)

27
Q

Materialism

A

focus on accumulating $ & possessions

28
Q

Joseph Stalin

A

part of big 3, soviet union

29
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Winston Churchill

A

part of big 3, europe

30
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Harry S Truman

A

president

31
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Mac Zedong

A

communist leader, defeats China’s leader, Shek, formed new communist state (People’s Republic of China)

32
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Chiang Kai-shek

A

zedong made him retreat to Taiwan

33
Q

Rosenbergs

A

accused of passing info. About atomic bomb to Soviet Union and were executed

34
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Joseph McCarthy

A

led the Hunt for communists,
“McCarthyism” -use of unproven charges to discredit people
1954 Senate voted to censure- formally criticize McCarthy

35
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Douglas MacArthur

A

U.S. general, batten peninsula

36
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

A

(R) elected in 1952 & Republicans won control of Congress

37
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Nikita Khrushchev

A

ordered S.U. forces to crush revolt, replaced stalin