Social Studies🎒 Flashcards
Mao Zedong
The Communists officially est. the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949.
38th Parallel
After the war, the Allies divided Korea at the 38th parallel.
Hydrogen Bomb
A weapon far powerful than than the atomic bombs used in World War 2.
Arms Race
In what became the arms race, both the US and the SU rushed to build more weapons.
Sputnik
The world’s first artificial satellite.
Baby Boom
A significant increase in the number of babies born.
Sun Belt
Southern and western states that offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates.
Urban Renewal
A plan to improve life in cities
Beats
Young people known as beatniks, or beats, criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior.
Nuremberg trials
In November 1945 the tribunal high-ranking Nazis on trial in the German city of Nuremberg in what became known as the Nuremberg trials.
Cold War
The phrase Cold War came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the US and the SU
Containment
Preventing the SU from expanding its influence around the world
