Yalta Conference Feb 1945
- Before the end of the World War II, Stalin, Churchill and Roosecelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points:
- The establishment of the United Nations
- Germany to be divided into four zones
- Free elections allowed in the states of Eastern Europe
- Russia promised to join the war against Japan
- Europe was split into two parts
Key Terms:
- Iron Curtain Speech- Winston Churchill, talking about how the Soviets are dominating Europe.
- Domino Theory(Effect)- Foreign Policy that thinks that if one country falls to communism, other countries around it will fall to communism
- Policy of Containment- US policy that said if we contain communism it would eventually fall apart
- Truman Doctrine- Speech to give money and aid to Turkey and Greece to prevent them from falling to communism
- Marshall Plan- Plan to give aid to Europe to rebuild their countries to stop the spread of communism
- Brinkmanship- Pushing you to the brink but dangerous things do not happen
- Massive Retaliation/ Mutual Deterrence- If both sides had nuclear weapons they will both cancel each other out
- NATO vs. Warsaw Pact- NATO-Alliance against the communists in the Cold War, WARSAW PACT- USSR's alliance
- CIA- Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. Gather intelligence about other countries.
- KGB- Soviet Union's CIA and FBI
- Peaceful Coexistence- exist together in peace, without war.
- Desalinization- Undoing what Stalin did while he was in power, after he died.
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963- Banned Nuclear testing above ground. US and Soviet Union
- Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty 1968- We do not want nuclear weapons spreading to other countries, but countries can use them for energy
- Detente- easing of hostilities or strange relationships (US and USSR)
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) 1972- Its limiting nuclear missals
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty- Neither county can put together a defense system
- Perestoika- open and willing to change the economic system
- Glasnost- open in government
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