Yalta Conference- Before the end of the World War ll, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points;
1. The establishment of the United Nations.
2. Germany to be divided into four zones.
3. Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe.
4. Russia promised to join war against Japan.
Key terms
Iron Curtain Speech- Churchill's speech.
Domino Theory/Effect- A forum policy that if one country falls to communism that other countries will fall to it too.
Policy of Containment- Containing communism.
Truman Doctrine- A speech supporting giving money and military aid to Grease and Turkey to prevent them from falling to Communism.
Marshall Plan- Giving money and aid to Russia to help them build up economy, and prevent them from Communism.
Brinkmanship- Practice of being able to go to the brink of war without actually going to war.
Massive retaliation/Mutual Deterrence/Mutual Assured Destruction- A military strategy
CIA vs KGB- Central Intelligence Agency They gather intelligence about other countries. They spied all the time on the soviet Union. Exactly the same as CIA just for the Soviet Union, And they spied on the United States.
Peaceful Coexistence- Competition without war.
De-Stalinization- Un doing what Stalin did after he died.
Detente- The easing of hostilities.
Perestroika- Changing the economy
Glasnost- Open as a government.
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty- Banned nuclear testing above ground, so they started doing it under ground.
Nuclear non- Proliferation treaty- We do not want nuclear weapons to spread to every country.
Strategic arms limitation talks treaty- Limited nuclear ballistic missiles.
Anti-Ballistic missile treaty- Treaty between Soviet union and US.
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