Social Flashcards
1
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Mao Zedong
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He was the founding father of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st, 1949
2
Q
38th parallel
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This was an imaginary line that separated North and South Korea.
3
Q
Joseph McCarthy
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He was the Wisconsin senator and he contributed to fears of communism by blaming people of communism even though he had no proof. His views and ideas are known as McCarthyism.
4
Q
Hydrogen bomb
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It was a weapon that was way more powerful than the atomic weapons used in World War II.
5
Q
Arms race
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This is when the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons.
6
Q
Sputnik
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It was the world’s first artificial satellite.
7
Q
Brinkmanship
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A willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism
