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THE EARLY COLD WAR

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  • the state of hostility that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II
    Cold War
  • phrase used by Winston Churchill to describe the imaginary line that separated Western and Eastern powers during the Cold War
    Iron Curtain
  • trials held after World War II that focused on Nazi leaders and their actions during the Holocaust; and were organized by the United States, Great Britain, Franc
    Nuremberg trials
  • an expression of the rights of all people made by the United Nations
    Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Who was called the candy-throwing bombers?
    The Candy Bomber
  • the event that stemmed from the Soviet blockade of roads and railways to West Berlin in 1948, which forced the United States and Britain to use aircraft to supply the city
    Berlin Airlift
  • When was the atomic bomb test?
    In 1946
  • international peace conference in Washington, DC, where the plan was made to create the United Nations
    Dumbarton Oaks
  • militarization between the competing superpowers of the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War
    Arms race
  • defensive military alliance formed by the United States and its allies in 1949
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • a military alliance between the Soviet Union and seven other communist nations from Eastern Europe during the Cold War
    Warsaw Pact
  • How many articles does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have?
    7
  • How long was the Cold War?
    45 Years
  • American policy of providing aid to any country whose welfare was deemed essential to the safety of the United States
    Truman Doctrine
  • nickname for the leaders of the major Allied powers in WWII - Roosevelt (USA), Churchill (Great Britain), and Stalin (Soviet Union)
    Big Three
  • an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or influence of another, especially a hostile nation
    Containment
  • economic aid sent by the United States to European nations after World War II to help rebuild their economies and win their loyalty
    Marshall Plan