jazz deal this morning we were all late for class go over forum post
Yalta conference Feb 1945
- before the end of the world war 2, stalin churchill and roosevelt met at Talta to plan what should happen when the war ended. they agreed on many points
- The establishment of the United Nations
- Cermany to be divided into four zones.
- Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Euripe.
- Russia promised to join the war against Japan.
- Key Terms
- Iron curtain speech - Churchill's Speech "said that Europe is split between east and west com. and dem.
- domino theory - if one country became com. the rest around it would
- policy of containment - that communist gov. will eventually fall apart if we stop the spreading
- Truman doctrine - support to Greece and Turkey to keep them from becoming com.
- Marshal Plan - america aid to Europe to prevent com.
- Brinkmanship - the practice of pro cuing a thing until it is almost to late and dangerous
- Massive retaliaton/Mutual - the offset of weapons or balance of weapons between sides
- NATO - an Organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece,Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- CIA vs. KGB - set up to keep an eye on other countries vs. KGB - which was like the soviets CIA and FBI.
- War saw pact - Was the communist group like NATO
- Peaceful coexistence - basically Keeping Peace between countries
- De-Stalinization - Reforming what Stalin Did
- Detente - US and Russia eased pain kept peace not really though
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty 1968 - dont want every country to have nuclear weapons if you sign it you can not have nuclear weapons
- Nuclear test ban - ban Nuclear testing above ground
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks - kept people from launching missiles tried to keep Missiles peace
- Anti-Ballistic Missiles Treaty - wanted people to not be able to defend themselves
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