talked about the cold war
yalta conference Feb 1945-
- last time churchill, FDR and stalin met
- establishment of the United Nations
- Germany to be divided into four zones
- free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe (didn't do)
- Russia promised to join the war against Japan (did do)
Key terms
- iron curtain speech - speech that winston churchill wants to divide europe into two parts of communist and free in 1946
- domino theory (effect) - if one country communist then other countries will become communist
- policy of containment - late 1940's USA's policy to stop the domino effect
- Truman doctrine - Harry Truman's doctrine in 1947 that the USA would provide money and military supplies
- Marshall Plan - 1948 to help prevent communism we gave billions of dollars to countries in Europe to help them rebuild after the war instead of a communist country helping them (named after George C. Marshall)
- Brinkmanship - being willing to talk and act tough and hoping the other country will back down
- Massive retaliation - firing back at a country
- Mutual deterrence - not going to war because there wouldn't be any people let
- Assured destruction - knowing you will die if you use a certain weapon but not using them
- NATO - north Atlantic treat operation was founded in 1940's operation where they discuss to protect Europe, USA and Canada
- Warsaw pact - 1955 military alliance of communist in Europe. NATO is the opposite
- CIA - group of people who spied on Russia during Cold War
- KGB - CIA for Russia
- Peaceful coexistence - (after Stalin died) soviet union thought they could live peacefully with capitol countries
- De-stalinization - process of the USSR removing Stalin's ways of ruling
- Detente -
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