Pop Culture Economic Words

Question 1

Mao Zedong

Answer 1

Communist leader/Nationalist

Question 2

38th Parallel

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

Question 3

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 3

Wisconsin senator

Question 4

Hydrogen bomb

Answer 4

A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bomb used in ww2

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Arms Race

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Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons

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Sputnik

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The worlds first artificial satellite

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Brinkmanship

Answer 7

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

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Baby Boom

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A significant increase in the number of babies born

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Sun Belt

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Southern and Western states that offered a warm climate year round and low tax rates

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Urban renewal

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A plan to improve life in cities

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Beats

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Criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior

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Yalta Conference

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The three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments

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Nuremberg Trials

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In 1945 the tribunal put high ranking Nazis on trial in the German city of Nuremberg

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United Nations

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A new international organization to promote world peace

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Cold War

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The struggle for global power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

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Containment

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Preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world

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Truman Doctrine

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

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Marshall Plan

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Western European revived more than 13 billion dollars in U.S loans and grans for European economic Recovery in 1948-1952

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NATO

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U.S joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada

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GI Bill of Rights

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The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses

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Fair Deal

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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

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This included Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, and Joseph Stalin. Here, they divided Berlin into four zones and each would control one zone.