Cold War Part 1

Terms in this set (26)

Yalta Conference (Date, who attended,what)
February 1945; Attended by Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt; discussed the fate of Europe post war
Potsdam Conference (Date, who attended, what)
July 1945; Attended by Churchill (Attlee the second half), Stalin, Truman; Divided Germany into 4 occupation zones, tensions began between US and USSR
Germany was divided by:
France, Great Britain, US, USSR
US occupied Japan in
1945-1952
The emperor in Japan was figurehead while_____________ ran the county
General MacArthur
The Nuremberg Trials
put Nazi criminals on trial for crimes against humanity, mass murder, and torture; November 1945
Highest Nazi official arrested
Herman Goring
Tokyo War Crimes Trials
Tried more than 20 war leaders in Tokyo; 7 sentenced to death including Hideki Tojo
United Nations
peaceful cooperation among the nations of the world, delegates from 50 nations met in San Fran in 1945
United Nations Day
October 24
When did the tensions begin between US and USSR
At the Potsdam Conference
American Objectives after WWII
Peace
USSR Objectives after WWII
Protect their National Securuty
Satellite Countries
countries around the world that are communist and are friendly with the USSR
Iron Curtain coined by....
Winston Churchill
Theory Of Containment (created by and what?)
Created by George Kennan; became the official Cold War strategy of the US
The Truman Doctrine (Date and What?)
March 1947; US feared USSR takeover of Dardanelles so they gave $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent their fall to communism
The Marshall Plan a.k.a. The European Recovery Act (April 1948)
Provided $12 Billion in aid to Western Europe for recovery after WWII
The Berlin Airlift (Date and What?)
Started June 24, 1948; since the USSR blocked West Berlin for 10 months and cut off shipments of food, the US and GB had planes drop off food and supplies into West Berlin
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Military alliance between 12 nations including US, Canada, Iceland
The supreme commander of NATO forces
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The soviet response to NATO
The Warsaw Pact (1955); communist military alliance
NSC
National Security Council; advised the President on strategic matters
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency; gather information overseas
HUAC
House Unamerican Activity Committee
Alger Hiss
Accused of being a communist spy by Nixon, convicted of perjury
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