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At the conference, the three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments
Yalta conference
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
Nuremberg trials
An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts.
United Nations
The phrase Cold War came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cold War
This policy of proving aid to help foreign countries fight communism became known as the
Truman Doctrine
Under the Marshall plan, Western Europe received more than $13 billion in U.S Loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952.
Marshall Plan
United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and canada, to form the
NATO
The servicemen’s readjust Act, or GiBill of Rights, offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and business.
GI Bill of rights
Included higher minimum wage, the creation of a notional health insurance plan for all Americans, and expanded social security benefits for the elderly.
Fair deal
Led by Mao Zedong, the communist officially established the people’s republic of China on October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong
After the war, the allies divided Korea at the
38th parallel
Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy contributed to fears in the early 1950s by charging that communist were working in side the state department.
Joseph McCarthy
A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs used in World War II.
Hydrogen Bomb
In July 1945 president Truman met with British and soviet leaders near Berlin, Germany, at the
Potsdam conference
In what became a nuclear arms race, both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons.
Arms race
