Conferences and Plans
President Harry Truman's speech in 1947 outlined this, a strong statement that the United States would do what it had to do to stop the spread of Communist influence, specifically in Germany and Turkey.
The Truman Doctrine.
Not letting communism spread farther.
Containment
The Western allies did not want to risk a military confrontation with the Soviets and ultimately began this operation, where the Allies flew supplies in Western zones between FEbruary 1948 and May 1949, when the Soviets lifted their blockade on Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
A form of government in which religion is the supreme authority.
Theocracy
Palestine
In February 1945 the allies knew Germany was near defeat but disagreed about what should happen after Germany's surrender. At this, at a resort on the Black Sea, the leaders focused on plans for reconstructing Europe and defeating Japan.
The Yalta Conference
The informal alliance between government and large defense contractors to gain too much power.
Military-Industrial Complex
Out of a desire to coordinate their defenses in case of a conflict with the Soviets, several western nations created this in April 1949. The treaty pledged mutual support and cooperation within the alliance against conflicts and wars.
NATO
Large agricultural communities where the state held the land, not private owners.
Communes
Six-Day War
The final meeting of the big three in July 1945. This meeting included Harry Truman for the US and Clement Atlee for the UK
The Potsdam Conference
The idea that regardless of who started a nuclear war, both the US and the Soviet Union would be obliterated by the end of it.
The Soviet Union's response to NATO, created in 1955
The Warsaw Pact
Throughout Latin America, leaders saw the concentration of land ownership as a barrier to progress. Hence, as they freed themselves from Colonialism, they considered this change
Land Reform
In this war in 1973, Israel repelled a surprise invasion by Egypt and Syria.
Yom Kippur
The relative prosperity of the United States allowed it to provide financial aid to European countries after the war. This program was called...
The Marshall Plan
In 1949, the Soviets developed their own plan to rebuild Eastern Europe...this organization was founded
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
Worried about deaths and environmental harm from nuclear war or nuclear testing. In 1963, the Soviet Union, the United States, and 100 other states signed this, which outlawed testing of nuclear weapons above ground, underwater, and in space.
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
In 1958, China went through more land reform as part of the policy called this. Those who protested this policy could be sent to "reeducation camps"
The Great Leap Forward
This faction controlled Gaza in Palestine
Hamas
During this in Iran in November 1943, the Allies agreed that the Soviet Union would focus on freeing Eastern Europe, while Britain and the United States would concentrate on Western Europe
The Tehran Conference
The impulse that prompted the Bandung COnference led countries to formally organize...
Non-Alligned Movement
From 1981-1988, this war gripped the country of Nicaragua.
The Contra War
In 1966, Mao attempted to reinvigorate China's commitment to Communism, an effort called this. In practice, this silenced critics of Mao and solidified his hold on power.
The Cultural Revolution
This faction controlled the West Bank in Palestine.