Aftermath of World War II Term/Person/Event Definition Processing

World Bank Created by US and 43

other nations to provide

development and

reconstruction loans

Why is this an important term to remember about

the Aftermath of WWII?

United Nations

A new international

peacekeeping

organization formed

after WWII

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Nuremberg War Crimes

Trials

A series of trials in 1945

and 1946 in which former

Nazi leaders were

convicted of war crimes

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GI Bill of Rights

Provided federal funds to

help returning GIs

transition to civilian life.

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the Aftermath of WWII?

Isolationism

A government policy of

not taking part in

economic and political

alliances or relations with

other countries

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word?

Internationalism

A policy of creating

strong economic and

diplomatic ties between

nations

What are three examples of how the United States

took an internationalist approach after WWII?

Universal Declaration of

Human Rights

Affirmed the rights to

life, liberty, and equality

before the law and to

freedom of religion,

expression, and assembly

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word?

Origins of the Cold War

Term/Person/Event Definition Processing

Cold War

The struggle between the

Communist world led by the

Soviet Union and the non-

Communist world led by the

U.S.

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this term?

Yalta Conference

Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

met at this conference in the

Soviet city of Yalta to plan for

the end of WWII.

What important decisions were made at this

conference?

Potsdam Conference

Allied leaders met at this

conference after the defeat of

Germany to finalize plans for

postwar Germany.

What was important about this conference?

Superpowers Nations that influence or

control less powerful states

Who were the two major superpowers

during the Cold War?

Containment

The restriction of Soviet

expansion

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this word?

Iron

Curtain

Symbolized the growing

geographic and political

divisions between Communist

and Capitalist nations in Europe

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you remember what it means?

Truman

Doctrine

Policy that the US must support

free peoples who are resisting

attempted subjugation by

armed minorities or by outside

pressures

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this word?

Marshall Plan

Offered all European nations,

including the USSR, generous

funding to rebuild their

economies as long as the

money was spent on goods

made in the US

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this word?

Molotov Plan

A plan to aid economic recovery

in Eastern Europe, encouraged

member states to specialize in

goods and services and trade

with other states.

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this word?

Satellite

Nation

A country dominated politically

and economically by another

nation

List three examples of satellite nations

during the Cold War.

Ideology

The set of beliefs that forms the

basis of a political and

economic system

What are two examples of ideologies?

Communism

A type of system characterized

by single-party rule of politics

and government control of the

economy

What are strengths and weaknesses of this

system?

Capitalism

An economic system in which

individuals and private

businesses make most of the

economic decisions

What are strengths and weaknesses of this

system?

The Cold War Expands

Term/Person/Event Definition Processing

Berlin Blockade/Airlift

Operation that moved

supplies into West Berlin

by American and British

planes during a Soviet

blockade in 1948-1949

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remember the meaning.

North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO)

1949 alliance of nations

that agreed to band

together in the event of

war and to support and

protect each nation

involved

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remember what it means?

Warsaw Pact

Military alliance between

the Soviet Union and

nations of Eastern

Europe, formed in 1955

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remember what it means?

Korean

War

Conflict over the future of

the Korean peninsula,

fought between 1950 and

1953 and ending in a

stalemate

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term?

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

An area, often along the

border between two

military powers, that no

military forces are

allowed to enter

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word.

First World

Developing, capitalist

countries

What were three examples of First World countries

during the Cold War?

Second World

Communist countries

What were three examples of Second World

countries during the Cold War?

Third World

Poor, developing nations

in Latin America, Africa,

and Asia many of whom

had recently gained

freedom from colonial

rule

What were three examples of Third World countries

during the Cold War?

Covert Action

A secret political,

economic, or military

operation that aims to

shape events or influence

affairs in a foreign

country in order to

support the initiating

country’s foreign policy

What is an example of how the US used this

strategy during the Cold War?

Central Intelligence

Agency (CIA)

Agency created to collect

and analyze intelligence

gathered by agents

operating in foreign

countries

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remember what it means?

H-bomb

A hydrogen bomb, more

powerful than an atomic

bomb, first tested in 1952

Why was this a significant advancement in the arms

race?

Arms Race

A competition between

nations to achieve the

more powerful weapons

arsenal

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word.

Brinkmanship A foreign policy

characterized by a

willingness to push a

dangerous situation to

the edge of war, rather

than give in to an

opponent

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remember what it means?

Deterrence A foreign policy in which

a nation develops a

weapons arsenal so

deadly that another

nation will not dare

attack

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remember what it means?

Collective Security

A system in which a

group of countries

commit to jointly dealing

with a nation that

threatens the peace or

security of any one of the

countries

What is an example of how the US used this

strategy during the Cold War?

Mutual Assured

Destruction (MAD)

The principle that either

side would respond to a

nuclear attack by

launching its own

missiles

What is an example of how the US used this

strategy during the Cold War?

38th

Parallel The line dividing North

and South Korea

Why was this significant during the Cold War?

Sputnik

The first artificial satellite

to orbit Earth, launched

by the Soviets in 1957

Why was this a significant event during the Cold

War?

Intercontinental Ballistic

Missiles

Long range rockets that

could deliver nuclear

weapons to their targets

around the world

What significant advancement did these make in

the arms race?

U-2 Incident

A 1960 incident in which

the Soviet military used a

guided missile to shoot

down an American U-2

spy plane over Soviet

territory

Why was this a significant event during the Cold

War?