Flashcards in Origins of the Cold War : 4/6/15 Deck (126)
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In _________, ___, in 1944, delegates from __ countries met to discuss the new organization, the ____ ____ (?).
Washington, DC, 39, United Nations (UN)
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The __ would have a ______ ____, in which each member nation in the world would have one vote.
UN, General Assembly
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The UN would also have a _______ ______ with __ members.
Security Council, 11
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Five countries would be permanent members of the Security Council : ______, ______, _____, ____ _____, and the ______ ____. The five permanent members would have ____ power.
Britain, France, China, Soviet Union, and the United States. Veto
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The ______ _______ was given the power to vote on resolutions and to choose the non-permanent members of the Security Council.
General Assembly
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The ______ ______ is responsible for international peace and security.
Security Council
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February 1945, ___, _______, and _____ met at _____-- a ______ resort on the ______ ___-- to plan the postwar world.
FDR, Churchill, Stalin, Yalta, Soviet, Black Sea
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A key issue discussed at Yalta was _____.
Poland
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FDR and Churchill agreed to recognize the _____ government set up by the _____.
Polish, Soviets
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After reaching a compromise on Poland, the three leaders agreed to the ________ of _______ ______.
Declaration of Liberated Europe
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The declaration echoed the _______ _____, asserting “the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live.”
Atlantic Charter
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The powers also agreed to divide _______ into four zones. _____ _____, the __, the _____ ____, and ______ would each control a zone.
Germany, Great Britain, US, Soviet Union, France
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The same four countries would also divide _____ into four zones, even though it was in the _____ ____.
Berlin, Soviet Union
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The _____ would remove i______ m_____, r______ c____, and other equipment from Germany as r______.
Allies, industrial machinery, railroad cars, reparations
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_____ marked a turning point in Soviet-American relations.
Yalta
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The ____ ___, an era of confrontation and competition between nations, lasted from about ____, to about ____.
Cold War, 1946, 1990
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They wanted to keep ______ weak and make sure that the countries between _______ and the _____ _____ were under Soviet control.
Germany, Germany, Soviet Union
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Soviet leaders believed that ______ was a superior economic system that would eventually replace ______.
Communism, capitalism
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American leaders believed that the ____ _____ became so severe because nations reduced _____.
Great Depression, trade
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By 1945, ___ and his advisers were convinced that economic growth through world ______ was the key to _____.
FDR, trade, peace
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They passed a resolution that made ______ punishable internationally.
Genocide
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The text of the C______ on the P______ and P_________ of the C____ of G_______ became the first UN h____ r____ treaty.
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, human rights
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______ _______, the first US delegate to the __, chaired the UN C______ on H_____ R_____ in 1948.
Eleanor Roosevelt, UN, Commission on Human Rights
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U______ D______ of H______ R____, which promoted the inherent dignity of every human being and was a commitment to end _________.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, discrimination
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_____ was strongly anti-communist.
Truman
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The meeting between Soviet foreign minister _____ and _____ marked an important shift in Soviet-American relations.
Molotov, Truman
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In July 1945, ______ and _____ met at ______ (Conference), near _____.
Truman, Stalin, Potsdam, Berlin
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______ suggested the Soviets take _______ from their zones, while the Allies allowed _______ to revive in the other zones.
Truman, reparations, industry
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At ______, _____ also learned of the successful US ____ _____ tests.
Potsdam, Truman, atomic bomb
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