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Aftermath of World War II Term/Person/Event Definition Processing
World Bank Created by US and 43
other nations to provide
development and
reconstruction loans
Why is this an important term to remember about
the Aftermath of WWII?
United Nations
A new international
peacekeeping
organization formed
after WWII
Find three additional facts about this organization.
Nuremberg War Crimes
Trials
A series of trials in 1945
and 1946 in which former
Nazi leaders were
convicted of war crimes
Find three additional facts about this event.
GI Bill of Rights
Provided federal funds to
help returning GIs
transition to civilian life.
Why is this an important term to remember about
the Aftermath of WWII?
Isolationism
A government policy of
not taking part in
economic and political
alliances or relations with
other countries
How can you best remember the meaning of this
word?
Internationalism
A policy of creating
strong economic and
diplomatic ties between
nations
What are three examples of how the United States
took an internationalist approach after WWII?
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
Affirmed the rights to
life, liberty, and equality
before the law and to
freedom of religion,
expression, and assembly
How can you best remember the meaning of this
word?
Origins of the Cold War
Term/Person/Event Definition Processing
Cold War
The struggle between the
Communist world led by the
Soviet Union and the non-
Communist world led by the
U.S.
How can you best remember the meaning of
this term?
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
met at this conference in the
Soviet city of Yalta to plan for
the end of WWII.
What important decisions were made at this
conference?
Potsdam Conference
Allied leaders met at this
conference after the defeat of
Germany to finalize plans for
postwar Germany.
What was important about this conference?
Superpowers Nations that influence or
control less powerful states
Who were the two major superpowers
during the Cold War?
Containment
The restriction of Soviet
expansion
How can you best remember the meaning of
this word?
Iron
Curtain
Symbolized the growing
geographic and political
divisions between Communist
and Capitalist nations in Europe
What clues does this term have in it to help
you remember what it means?
Truman
Doctrine
Policy that the US must support
free peoples who are resisting
attempted subjugation by
armed minorities or by outside
pressures
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this word?
Marshall Plan
Offered all European nations,
including the USSR, generous
funding to rebuild their
economies as long as the
money was spent on goods
made in the US
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this word?
Molotov Plan
A plan to aid economic recovery
in Eastern Europe, encouraged
member states to specialize in
goods and services and trade
with other states.
How can you best remember the meaning of
this word?
Satellite
Nation
A country dominated politically
and economically by another
nation
List three examples of satellite nations
during the Cold War.
Ideology
The set of beliefs that forms the
basis of a political and
economic system
What are two examples of ideologies?
Communism
A type of system characterized
by single-party rule of politics
and government control of the
economy
What are strengths and weaknesses of this
system?
Capitalism
An economic system in which
individuals and private
businesses make most of the
economic decisions
What are strengths and weaknesses of this
system?
The Cold War Expands
Term/Person/Event Definition Processing
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Operation that moved
supplies into West Berlin
by American and British
planes during a Soviet
blockade in 1948-1949
Draw a picture or cartoon of this word to help you
remember the meaning.
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)
1949 alliance of nations
that agreed to band
together in the event of
war and to support and
protect each nation
involved
What clues does this term have in it to help you
remember what it means?
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance between
the Soviet Union and
nations of Eastern
Europe, formed in 1955
What clues does this term have in it to help you
remember what it means?
Korean
War
Conflict over the future of
the Korean peninsula,
fought between 1950 and
1953 and ending in a
stalemate
How can you best remember the meaning of this
term?
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
An area, often along the
border between two
military powers, that no
military forces are
allowed to enter
Without using a dictionary, write a definition of this
word.
First World
Developing, capitalist
countries
What were three examples of First World countries
during the Cold War?
Second World
Communist countries
What were three examples of Second World
countries during the Cold War?
Third World
Poor, developing nations
in Latin America, Africa,
and Asia many of whom
had recently gained
freedom from colonial
rule
What were three examples of Third World countries
during the Cold War?
Covert Action
A secret political,
economic, or military
operation that aims to
shape events or influence
affairs in a foreign
country in order to
support the initiating
country’s foreign policy
What is an example of how the US used this
strategy during the Cold War?
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
Agency created to collect
and analyze intelligence
gathered by agents
operating in foreign
countries
What clues does this term have in it to help you
remember what it means?
H-bomb
A hydrogen bomb, more
powerful than an atomic
bomb, first tested in 1952
Why was this a significant advancement in the arms
race?
Arms Race
A competition between
nations to achieve the
more powerful weapons
arsenal
Without using a dictionary, write a definition of this
word.
Brinkmanship A foreign policy
characterized by a
willingness to push a
dangerous situation to
the edge of war, rather
than give in to an
opponent
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remember what it means?
Deterrence A foreign policy in which
a nation develops a
weapons arsenal so
deadly that another
nation will not dare
attack
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remember what it means?
Collective Security
A system in which a
group of countries
commit to jointly dealing
with a nation that
threatens the peace or
security of any one of the
countries
What is an example of how the US used this
strategy during the Cold War?
Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD)
The principle that either
side would respond to a
nuclear attack by
launching its own
missiles
What is an example of how the US used this
strategy during the Cold War?
38th
Parallel The line dividing North
and South Korea
Why was this significant during the Cold War?
Sputnik
The first artificial satellite
to orbit Earth, launched
by the Soviets in 1957
Why was this a significant event during the Cold
War?
Intercontinental Ballistic
Missiles
Long range rockets that
could deliver nuclear
weapons to their targets
around the world
What significant advancement did these make in
the arms race?
U-2 Incident
A 1960 incident in which
the Soviet military used a
guided missile to shoot
down an American U-2
spy plane over Soviet
territory
Why was this a significant event during the Cold
War?