Ch 27 Section 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 FDR, Churchill, and Stalin | Who were the big 3 |
| In Yalta a Soviet port on the black sea | Where did the big 3 meet |
| The issues affecting the postwar world, the Yalta agreement, the soviets enter war against japan, division of Germany, free voting in eastern Europe, and Stalin's cooperation in the UN | What did the Big 3 discuss |
| Divide the country into 4 sections | What did the Big 3 decide to do with Germany |
| Britain, France, America, and Russia | Who did the 4 sections belong to |
| Harry S. Truman | Who filled in as president when Roosevelt died |
| 50 | How many Nations signed the United Nations Charter |
| In San Francisco, California | Where was the United Nations Charter signed |
| His promise to hold free elections in Soviet occupied Eastern Europe countries. Instead Soviets placed Communist governments in those countries and the Soviet's Army remained in Eastern Europe | What promise did Stalin not hold up? |
| He meant that the soviets had cut off Eastern Europe from Western Europe | What did Churchill mean when he said "iron curtain" |
| Greece- Soviets armed Communist Rebel to over throw the pro-western Government | An example of Soviet expansion |
| Turkey so they could have Naval bases on the strait leading to the Mediterranean sea | Where did the Soviet Union start to target and put pressure on |
| George Kennan | Who did Truman get ideas from to stop Soviet expansion |
| Soviets would not cooperate so America would need to use force to stop Soviets from Expanding | What was George Kennan's idea |
| It would try to contain Soviet expansion through limiting military means and nonmilitary means in areas of the world that were of importance to America | How would this policy of containment work |
| The Truman Doctrine | What was the name of the containment document that came into affect in March of 1947 |
| It helped nations that were threatened by communism and Soviet expansion | What did the Truman Doctrine do |
| Most of Europe laid in Ruins, people left without homes, food, and jobs | What happened to Europe after the War |
| Communism | Who were we thinking could take advantage of the fact that Europe laid in ruins and was mostly destroyed |
| That if we helped rebuild then they would stay out of falling into communism or Soviet Control | What was George Marshall's thinking behind helping Europe |
| Czechoslovakia | What country did Soviet-supported communism take over first in February of 1948 |
| Marshall Plan | What was the name of the plan to offer aid to European countries that were in ruins |
| Berlin- the capital of Germany | What city inside of Germany was also split up just like Germany was |
| Soviets surrounded Berlin and Stopped all traffic to East Berlin cutting off supplies | What became known as the Berlin Blockade |
| Soviet troops rushed into position around the edge of West Berlin and blockaded the roadways, railroads, and water routs. | What happened during the Berlin Blockade |
| He ordered a Massive airlift to haul everyone out and save the city | What did Truman do to help those locked in Berlin |
| When American and British cargo planes began flying food and other goods into Berlin | What was the Berlin airlift |
| It continued day and night for 10 months | How long did the Berlin Airlift last |
| Federal Republic of Germany, and the German Democratic Republic | What were the names of the two Berlin areas that remained |
| Cold War | A war in which the two enemies do not actually fight each other instead each nation builds up its military |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] | The Agreement that states that "an armed attack against one or more of [the member nation] shall be considered an attack against all" |
| Warsaw Pact | What did the Soviet Union create in response to North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] |
| National Security Council [NSC] | The name of the group of President Truman's foreign advisers who argued the US could not rely on other countries to contain Communism |
| NSC-68 | A report released by the NSC that said that the US must actively "foster the seeds of destruction within the Soviet Union" and fight Communist movements wherever they arose |
| China | Where did the most threatening change of the post war occurred here. |
| Mao Zedong | The leader of Chinese communist forces |
| Chiang Kai-shek | The commander of the Non-Communist Chinese Armies |
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