THE COLD WAR

YALTA CONFERENCE

• Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met in Yalta
• Talked about dividing the country into 4 parts
• Wanted self government and free elections in Eastern Europe

POSDAM CONFERENCE

• Finalized the division of Berlin
• Tensions grew over talk about a-bomb

UN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

• Tried to get making atomic bombs illegal
• U.S. only country who had atomic bombs

IRON CURTAIN

• Said by Churchill
• Soviet Union and rest of Europe

TRUMAN DOCTRINE

• Truman addressed congress
• Wanted to stop communism from spreading

MARSHALL PLAN

• Aid to European countries

MOLOTOV PLAN

• Gave aid to Eastern Europe

BERLIN BLOCKADE

• Soviet Union set up blockage in Berlin

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

• Started by US, Canada, and 10 countries in western union
• Idea of trying to unite countries together

WARSAW PACT

• Eastern Europe joined alliance

KOREAN WAR

• North Korea invaded South Korea
• UN sent troops to help South Korea

THIRD WORLD

• Latin America, Africa, and Asia

H-BOMB

• Started to construct after Soviets had atom bomb
• Would be stronger than atom bomb

MUTAL ASSUERD DESTRUCTION

• Ether side would launch bombs if other did

COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS

• People who believed in communist ideas
• They didn't join the party

HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COUMMITTEE

• To investigate communist activity

ALGER HISS CASE

• Accused of sending secrets to Soviet Union

ROSENBERG TRAIL

• Put to death after being accused of being spy's
• Only American civilians to put to death during Cold War

McCARTHYISM

• To accuse someone of subversive actives without evidence

ATOMIC AGE

• When fear of atomic bombs was relevant

FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION

• Warned Americans about bombs

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