US History Chapter 12 Study Guide

Cold War

• Long struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for global power.

• A struggle between the Europe and Asia for global power

38th parallel

• Line that marked the division between North Korea and South Korea

• The separation of Germany by the Iron Curtain

Nuremberg Trials

• trial after the war of Nazi leaders for war crimes

• Trial for the Jewish people by the Nazi

• Trials for the American soldiers in Korea.

Arms Race

• Rush by Germany to build weapons for WW II

• Race to see who could get into space the fastest

• rush by U.S.A. and the Soviet Union to build more weapons

Sputnik

• America's first manned space ship

• World's first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union

• World's first artificial satellite to land on the moon

Baby Boom

• Big increase in baby expenses

• Big increase in the number of babies born

• Big increase in number of adoptions

United Nations

• Organization dedicated to saving the refugees in Africa

• Alliance/friendship of the USA and Canada

• organization dedicated to finding peaceful solutions to conflicts

NATO

(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• Alliance/friendship of the USA, Canada, Iceland, and other countries

• An Alliance of countries in Europe during WW II

• An Alliance between the USA and the Soviet Union

GI Bill of Rights

• Laws to help veterans readjust after the war

• Laws used by the soldiers while in Europe

• Laws put in the Constitution for aid to foreign soldiers

Hydrogen Bomb

• Nuclear weapon far more powerful than the atomic bomb

• Nuclear weapon developed for WW I

• Nuclear weapon dropped on Japan during WW II