Cold War Flashcards
Yalta Conference
Three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments
Nuremberg trials
In November 1945 the tribunal put high-ranking nazis on trial in the German city of Nuremberg in what became known as the Nuremberg trials
United Nations
An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts
Cold War
The phrase cold war came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between United States and the Soviet Union
Containment
Containment or preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world
Truman doctrine
This policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism became known as the Truman doctrine
Marshall plan
Western Europe received more than 13 billion in U.S. loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952
NATO
United States join Western Europe countries along with Iceland and Canada to form nato
GI bill of rights
Offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses
Fair deal
Included the higher minimum wage the creation of a national health insurance plan for all Americans and expanded social security benefits for elderly
Mao Zedong
Communist officially established the people’s republic of China
38th parallel
After the war the allies divided Korea at the 38th parallel
Joseph McCarthy
Contributed to fears in the early 1950s by charging inside the state Department
Hydrogen bomb
A weapon far more powerful then the atomic bombs used in ww2
Arms race
United States and the Soviet Union having a race to create atomic bombs