SS Vocab Words Flashcards
1
Q
Significant increase on the number of babies born
A
Baby boom
2
Q
Southern and western states that offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates.
A
Sun belt
3
Q
A plan to improve life in cities.
A
Urban renewal
4
Q
Young people know as beatniks criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior,
A
Beats
5
Q
The leader of the nationalists feeing from the island of Taiwan.
A
Mao Zedong
6
Q
After the war the allies divided Korea
A
38th parallel
7
Q
Wisconsin senator
A
Joseph McCarthy
8
Q
A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs used in World War II.
A
Hydrogen bomb
9
Q
Both United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons.
A
Arms race
10
Q
The worlds first artificial satellite
A
Sputnik
11
Q
A willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism.
A
Brinkmanship
