Section 2 Flashcards
1
Q
The communist officially established the people’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949
A
Mao Zedong
2
Q
After war the allies divided Korea at the
A
38th parallel
3
Q
A weapon far more powerful than the atomic used in World War II
A
hydrogen bomb
4
Q
In what became a nuclear arms race both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more weapons
A
Arms race
5
Q
The worlds first artificial satellite
A
Sputnik
6
Q
A willingness to go to the brink of war to opposed communism
A
Brinkmanship
7
Q
Contributed to fears in the early 1950s by charging that Communist were working inside the State Department
A
Joseph McCarthy
