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Yalta Conference Feb. 1945
- Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended.
- United Nations
- Germany divided into 4 zones
- Free election allowed in the states of Eastern Europe
- Russia promised to join the war against Japan
Perestroika
Key Terms
- Iron Curtain Speech - (Churchill 1946) said behind the iron curtain people have lost all rights
- Domino Theory - one country becomes communist then other countries will begin to
- Policy of Containment - (George Kennan) US policy to prevent the spread of communism
- Truman Doctrine - gave military aid and supplies to Greece and Turkey to help fight off communists
- Marshall Plan - gave money to European countries to help rebuild and contain communism
- Brink man ship - pushing thinks to the brink of war without actually going to war
- Massive Retaliation/Mutual Deterrence/Mutual Assured Destruction
- NATO vs. Warsaw Pact - 1949 our alliance against the communist countries of Europe
- CIA vs. KGB - gather info about other countries
- Peaceful Coexistence - (after Stalin died) thought they could live peacefully with capitalist countries
- De-Stalinization - process of reforming the USSR after Stalin died to be more peaceful
- Detente - period of easing of tension between the two countries
- Perestroika - reconstruction of the communist party of the Soviet Union, economy and political
- Glasnost - to be more open to everything
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963 - banned above ground nuclear testing
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968 - recognizes five countries able to have nuclear weapons
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 1972 - reduce the amount of nuclear weapons countries had
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972 - limited anti-ballistic missile systems used
- United Nations - resolve conflicts around the world, general assembly ans security council
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