Lesson 1

Question 1

Yalta Conference Feb. 1945

Answer 1

Churchill,FDR,Stalin met in Yalta, Russia working for peace in Europe

Question 2

The Big Three is

Answer 2

Churchill,Roosevelt,Stalin

Question 3

United Nations

Answer 3

An organization dedicated to resolving world conflicts (UN)

Question 4

Nuremberg Trials

Answer 4

War crimes trials of Nazi leaders

Question 5

Iron Curtain

Answer 5

A barrier that prevents free exchange of ideas and information from 1945 to 1990

Question 6

Cold War

Answer 6

The struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 7

Marshall Plan

Answer 7

US gave Western Europe $13 billion in loans to rebuild after WWII

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

Foreign policy of trying not o stop the spread of Communism

Question 9

Truman Doctrine

Answer 9

Provided aid to help foreign countries fight Communism

Question 10

Potsdam Conference July 1945

Answer 10

France,Great Britain , the US , and the Soviet Union

Question 11

North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO

Answer 11

An alliance of USA, Canada, Iceland, and nine Western Europe countries started in 1949 promising to defend each other

Question 12

Warsaw Pact

Answer 12

Alliance of Soviet Union and Eastern European countries

Question 13

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 13

Offered Veterans money for school, and loans for homes,farms,and business

Question 14

Labor Unrest

Answer 14

• 35% of workers were members of unions
• Millions of workers went on strike
• Truman did not do a good job handling labor strikes

Question 15

1947 Taft-Hartley Act

Answer 15

1. nonunion workers can be hired,

2. must have 80 day cooling off period before strikes is held