Chapter 22 Part 1 Flashcards
Wartime conference where a blueprint was drawn up for occupying Germany
Potsdam conference
Wartime conference where the Soviet Union agreed to join the war against Japan
Yalta conference
An international peacekeeping body created after WW2
United Nations
Part of the UN where real power is within the town meeting
Security council
How Germany and Berlin were divided
In halfs
City where the nazi war criminals were put to trial
Nuremberg
State controls the economic activity and the ownership of property
Communism
Private citizens control the economic activity and the ownership of property
Capitalism
Most visible symbol of hope of peace between Soviet Union and US after WW2
United Nations
Countries dependent and dominated by the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
Satellite
” communism and capitalism are incompatible therefore war is inevitable
Stalin’s quote
Stop the spread of communism through alliances and supporting weaker nations
Containment
“An iron curtain has descended across Europe”
Churchill’s quote
State of hostility short of military conflict between communism Soviet Union and US
Cold War 1945-1990
Believed an iron fist was needed to fight the spread to communism
Truman