The Cold War

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  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin met to discuss the demanding of Germany's surrender
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin discuss the divisions of Germany
  • United Nations

    United Nations

    Charter signed by 26 nations for the opposition of the Axis Powers
  • UN Atomic Energy Comission

    UN Atomic Energy Comission

    An assembly that resolved the problems of the discovery of atomic energy
  • Long Telegram

    Long Telegram

    George Kennan wrote a telegram on his views of the Soviet Union and the U.S. policy towards ommunism
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain

    Boundary that divided Europe into 2 areas
  • Containment Policy

    Containment Policy

    Policy given by Truman saying that communist gov'ts would eventually fall
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    U.S. would support countries that were threatened by the Soviet Union
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Contained $13 billion to finance Europe's economic recovery
  • Soviet Blockade in Berlin

    Soviet Blockade in Berlin

    Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic to West Berlin
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    U.S. and its allies secretly supplied areas of Berlin w/ any needs
  • NATO

    NATO

    Military alliance of European and North American democracies to strengthen ties between member states
  • NSC-68

    NSC-68

    Policy paper by U.S. that contained statements of American policy
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    First military invasion by the Soviet Union of the Cold War
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    Treaty signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union, East Germany, & 6 other nations to show Soviet dominance
  • U2 Spy Plane

    U2 Spy Plane

    U.S. spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union
  • Brinkmanship

    Brinkmanship

    Term used to describe the tactic of seeming to approach the verge of war in order to persuade one's opposition to retreat
  • Mutual Assured Destruction

    Mutual Assured Destruction