history chapter 28- the cold war era vocab & ppl

Question 1

Generation gap

Answer 1

parents not understanding teens

Question 2

iron curtain

Answer 2

the barrier between E.E. and W.E. descended on Europe

Question 3

Baby boom

Answer 3

increased birthrate

Question 4

Marshall plan

Answer 4

aid to Western European countries due to WWII destruction
$13 billion given to help

Question 5

GI bill of rights

Answer 5

give GIs money for collage, job training, buy homes, etc.

Question 6

Fair deal

Answer 6

Trumans campaign promise helped civil rights, health insurance

Question 7

Containment

Answer 7

stop the spread of communism

Question 8

NATO

Answer 8

(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)- agree to help each other if attacked

Question 9

Warsaw pact

Answer 9

all of the countries that are ok with communism

Question 10

Espionage

Answer 10

spying

Question 11

Blacklist

Answer 11

lists of individuals whose loyalty to U.S. was suspect

Question 12

Perjury

Answer 12

lying under oath and sent to prison

Question 13

Censure

Answer 13

formally criticize McCarthy

Question 14

Inflation

Answer 14

rise in prices

Question 15

Domestic

Answer 15

home-based reforms to help economic problems

Question 16

Closed shops

Answer 16

forcing business owners to hire only union members

Question 17

Desegregation

Answer 17

end separation of races, in armed forces

Question 18

Stalemate

Answer 18

neither side gaining ground/winning

Question 19

Demilitarized zone

Answer 19

region barring military forces, between the two Koreas along 38th parallel

Question 20

Surplus

Answer 20

excess of $300 million in 1961

Question 21

Arms race

Answer 21

who can build the most weapons

Question 22

Nuclear

Answer 22

atomic weapons being made

Question 23

Cold war

Answer 23

war in which enemies do not physically fight each other

Question 24

Summit

Answer 24

meeting of heads of gov. in Geneva

Question 25

Economy

Answer 25

production, distribution, & consumption grew

Question 26

Affluence

Answer 26

growing variety & quantity of products, & advertising influenced people to buy more (credit cards)

Question 27

Materialism

Answer 27

focus on accumulating $ & possessions

Question 28

Joseph Stalin

Answer 28

part of big 3, soviet union

Question 29

Winston Churchill

Answer 29

part of big 3, europe

Question 30

Harry S Truman

Answer 30

president

Question 31

Mac Zedong

Answer 31

communist leader, defeats China’s leader, Shek, formed new communist state (People’s Republic of China)

Question 32

Chiang Kai-shek

Answer 32

zedong made him retreat to Taiwan

Question 33

Rosenbergs

Answer 33

accused of passing info. About atomic bomb to Soviet Union and were executed

Question 34

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 34

led the Hunt for communists, “McCarthyism” -use of unproven charges to discredit people 1954 Senate voted to censure- formally criticize McCarthy

Question 35

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 35

U.S. general, batten peninsula

Question 36

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 36

(R) elected in 1952 & Republicans won control of Congress

Question 37

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 37

ordered S.U. forces to crush revolt, replaced stalin