Lesson 2 Flashcards
1
Q
38th parallel
A
Divides North and South Korea
2
Q
Mao Zedong
A
Communist leader of China Oct 1, 1949
3
Q
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
A
2 Facts
1.convicted of giving info on the atomic bomb
2.
4
Q
Red Scare
A
People in America were afraid of communists in 1940’s-1950’s
5
Q
Joseph Mcarthey
A
Believed Communists were working in the State Dept
6
Q
McCarthyism
A
Accusing someone of communist activity without proof
7
Q
Arms Race
A
United States and Russia competed to build more nuclear weapons
8
Q
Sputnik
A
Soviet’s launched first satellite Oct. 1957
9
Q
Brinkmanship
A
Willing to go to the brink (edge) of war to fight communism
10
Q
Covert means _______________________
A
Secret
11
Q
A crisis _______ which began when Britain,France,and Israel invaded Egypt, ended with a U.S.-Soviet agreement to condemn the invasion.
A
Suez Canal
