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Question 1

Yalta conference

Answer 1

At the Yalta the three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments .

Question 2

Nuremberg trials

Answer 2

In November the tribunal put high ranking Nazis on trial in the Germany city of Nuremberg .

Question 3

United Nations

Answer 3

An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts .

Question 4

Cold War

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The phrase Cold War came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the US and the SU.

Question 5

Containment

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Or preventing the SU from expanding its influence around the world .

Question 6

Truman Doctrine

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

Question 7

Marshall plan

Answer 7

Eastern Europe received more than 13 billion innUS loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952.

Question 8

NATO

Answer 8

United States joined nine Western European countries , along with Ice,and and Canada to form NATO .

Question 9

GI bill of Rights

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The servicemen’s readjustment Act , or the Gi bill , offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses , farms , and businesses

Question 10

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 11

Mao Zedong

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The communists officially established the people’s republic of China in October 1,1949 .

Question 12

38th parallel

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

Question 13

Joseph McCarthy

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Contributed to fears in the early 1950s by charging that communists were working inside to have water department .

Question 14

Hydrogen bomb

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A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs used in World War II.

Question 15

Arms race

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Both the United States 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.

Question 17

Brinkmanship

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

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Baby boom

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Or a significant increase in the number of babies born .

Question 19

Sun belt

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Southern and western states that offered a warm climate year -round and low tax rates .

Question 20

Urban renewal

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Program a plan to improve life in cities .

Question 21

Beats

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Young people known as beatniks , or beats , criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior .

Question 22

Potsdam conference

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Germany and the city of Berlin would be divided into four zones . Britain , France , the us , and the SU would each control one zones .