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Unit #7: Cold War Begins - Tier 3

Terms in this set (14)

Yalta Conference
(1945) Meeting of the U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during World War II to plan for the postwar world.
pg. 506, 17.1
Potsdam Conference
(1945) Meeting of the U.S. president Harry S Truman British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin after Germany's surrender in World War II, at which they divided Germany into four zones of occupation
pg. 507, 17.1
Nuremberg Trials
(1945) War crimes trials of high-ranking Nazi officials held by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany
pg. 508, 17.1
Truman Doctrine
(1947) President Harry S Truman's policy stating that the United States would provide economic aid to any country fighting against communism
pg. 511,17.2
George C. Marshall
Helped plan the D-Day invasion in World War II; became the U.S. secretary of state in 1947, argued that Europe's economic recovery was necessary for world peace and would help the U.S.
pg. 512, 17.2
Marshall Plan
U.S. program of giving aid to European countries to help them rebuild their economies after World War II
pg. 512, 17.2
Berlin Airlift
(1948) Joint effort by the United States and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blocked off all ground routes to the city
pg. 515, 17.2
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and 11 other countries to help defend each other in case of attack
pg. 514, 17.2
GI Bill of Rights
(1944) Servicemen's Readjustment Act, which offered veterans education benefits and loans for houses, farms, and businesses
pg. 517, 17.3
United Mine Workers
(UMW) Union of coal mine workers that went on strike in 1946
pg. 517, 17.3
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers president
pg. 517, 17.3
Taft-Hartley Act
(1947) Law that gave the federal government greater authority to end strikes and required union leaders to take an oath stating that they were not Communists
pg. 518, 17.3
Dixiecrats
Members of the Stats' Rights Party; formed in the 1940s by southern Democrats who were upset with President Harry S Truman's support for civil rights
pg. 518, 17.3
Fair Deal
Series of reform programs proposed by President Harry S Truman
pg. 519, 17.3
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