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big three
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franklin D. Roosevelt-us, Winston Churchill Great Britain, Joseph Stalin-soviet union
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yalta conference
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big three metand made plans for the postwar world.
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who became president after Roosevelt died
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harry s truman
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potsdam conference
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big three divided germany into four zones...US france soviet union and britain...berlin was diveded tnto 4 sections too
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united nations (un)
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british chinese soviet and us ...a new organization to promote world peace
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two major bodies of UN
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Security Council General Assembly
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how many belonged to security council
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15(5 permanent 10 elcted for two year terms)
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permaneant seats on security council
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france, china, britain, US, Russia
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Nuremberg Trials
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trials acusing nazi soldiers of committing crimes against humanity
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intgernational misitary tiibunal for the Rar EAst
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trials acusing japanese soldiers of committing crimes against hunamity
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UN gerneral assembly divided palestine w/ britain occupied into two states--
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one jewish and one arab
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salellite states
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Soviet armeis helped stablish communist "satellie states" loyal to s.u.
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two superpowers...little in comon economically or politically
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U.S., soviet union...soviet--comunist, us demacracy...both wanted to spread their infuence
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cold war
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struggle between the U.S. and soviet union for global pwer
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truman doctrine
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u.s. would provide economic aid to help foreign countries fight communism...400 mil for greece and turkey
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why did Truman make Truman Doctrine
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soviet union behind revolt of greece...help funded to protect anti-comunist govts of greece and turkey...angered soveit leaders
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marshall plan
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us offered friendly aid to help the nations of Europe rebuild (some europeans thought that communsism would solve their economic troubles) 6 billion
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sought to containt the spread of communism by reacting quickly to any soviet back agression, defecnsive strategy...soviets saw as offensive strategy
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effect of engladn, france and us wanted german y independant antion...merged their areas of control to creat country of west germany, divied city of berlin still located in soviet-controlled eastern germany
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angered by proposal blocked off all highway and reail traffic between west berlin and western europe
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berlin airlift
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west berlin could not survive w/o food and necessites from the west-- us and british planes brought food an d supplies to west berlin...planes landed in berlin every minute
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afteroperation vittles (berlin airlift) lasted 321 days s.u didnt wasnt to risk a war and lifted its blockage..same year
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became 2 nations...federal republic of germany west germany and german democratic repulblic east germany
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north atlantic treaty organization
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concern over growing military of su...us canada icland and 9 other european nations formed military alliance pleading to defend others
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what was the bad thing about nata (just like league of nations)
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might require us to go to war without congressional approval
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warsaw pact
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same as nato w/ eastern european nations soviet union created
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NSC-68
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paper argued that su sought to control entire world
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gi bill of rights
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helped keep unemplyment low, offered veterans educational benefitsz to attend colleges and technical schools, also provided vets w/ affordable hoem and business loans, help 9mil
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united mine workers
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400000 went of strike, turman coundnt negotiate a stettle ment so he placed the mines under govt control
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taft-hartley act
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outlawed a workplace in which job applicants hav eto join a union before they can be hired, also required untion leaders to take an oath saying that they were not communists...pres veto, congress overrode
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dixiecrats
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newly formed states rights party, favored racial segregation and wanted to restrict african american voting rights
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fair deal
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intended to probide full emplyment, a higher minimum wage, and a national health insurance plan...also called for more affordable housing, expanded social security benefits, aid for farmers
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