Section 1 Chapter 27 Flashcards
Three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments
Yalta conference
The tribunal put high ranking nazis on trial in the German city of Nuremberg in what became know as _____
Nuremberg trials
An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts .
United Nations
Came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the U.S and the S.U
Cold War
Preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world
Containment
policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism .
Truman doctrine
Harry s. Truman , Winston Churchill , and Joseph Stalin met at this conference
Potsdam conference
Western unopened received more than $13 billion in u.s loan and grants for European economic recovery
Marshall plan
U.S joined nine Western European countries , along with Iceland and Canada , forming this organization
North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)
Offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms , and businesses.
GI bill of rights