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The Cold War
Once Germany and Japan surrounded and World War 2 ended, an uneasy peace settles over the world. The term "Cold War" was popularized by American journalist Walter Lippman to describe the 40 year conflict between the United States and Soviet Union -
Yalta (Good)
In Feb. 1945, The 3 major leaders in the world met at Yalta, Ukraine to discuss their vision of the Postwar World. -
Creation of the United Nations (Good)
To ensure a stable postwar world, Roosevelt supported the movemen to create a new body for interational cooperation. In 1948 Eleanor Roosevelt, wartime FLOTUS chaired the commitee that drafted the declaration -
The Iron Curtaun
Although Stalin had promised to try to establish Democracy in eastern europe, he was secretly setting up communist government in territories under soviet control -
The Truman Doctrine
In response to Communism, Truman used a method of Containment. In 1947, Britain told the US that it would no longer support the Greek government. After this, Truman gave a speech where the he stated the US must we willing to save free peoples