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Containment
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a foreign policy that attempts to stop the spread of communistism without ending it in the countries in which it already exists
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Nuremburg
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the war crimes trials of Nazi leaders at Nuremberg Germany
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United Nations
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an alliance of nations that attempts to end disputes between countries peacefully
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Cold War
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a period of hostility between western powers (USA)and communist powers (Soviet Union) after WW2
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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an alliance of western powers(USA)and European countries
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How did the Allied leaders decided to divide Germany at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945?
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by dividing Berlin and Germany into four zones
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What term did Winston Churchill use to describe how the Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe were cut off from the Western world?
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the term Churchill was Iron Curtain he came up with the name
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Explain the Truman Doctrine
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a policy attempting to contain the spread of communism,beginning with military aid to the monarchies of Turkey and Greece
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How did the U.S. and Great Britain respond to the Soviet blockage of Western Berlin on June 24 1948
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U.S. and British planes airlift supplies into West Berlin
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What did the Soviet Union create in 1955 in respond to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO)
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the Soviet Union created the Warsaw pact
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