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Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin met to discuss the demanding of Germany's surrender -
Potsdam Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin discuss the divisions of Germany -
United Nations
Charter signed by 26 nations for the opposition of the Axis Powers -
UN Atomic Energy Comission
An assembly that resolved the problems of the discovery of atomic energy -
Long Telegram
George Kennan wrote a telegram on his views of the Soviet Union and the U.S. policy towards ommunism -
Iron Curtain
Boundary that divided Europe into 2 areas -
Containment Policy
Policy given by Truman saying that communist gov'ts would eventually fall -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. would support countries that were threatened by the Soviet Union -
Marshall Plan
Contained $13 billion to finance Europe's economic recovery -
Soviet Blockade in Berlin
Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic to West Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
U.S. and its allies secretly supplied areas of Berlin w/ any needs -
NATO
Military alliance of European and North American democracies to strengthen ties between member states -
NSC-68
Policy paper by U.S. that contained statements of American policy -
Korean War
First military invasion by the Soviet Union of the Cold War -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union, East Germany, & 6 other nations to show Soviet dominance -
U2 Spy Plane
U.S. spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union -
Brinkmanship
Term used to describe the tactic of seeming to approach the verge of war in order to persuade one's opposition to retreat -
Mutual Assured Destruction
