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a period of tension between the West (U.S.) and the East (Soviet Union)
Cold War
leader of the United States at the start of the Cold War
Harry Truman
place where Stalin, Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt met in February 1945
Yalta
an attempt to break a Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948-1949
Berlin Airlift
measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries
containment
leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin
place of final wartime meeting of the Allied Powers in July 1945
Potsdam
policy of the U.S. to support free people who are resisting subjugation by outside pressures
Truman Doctrine
came to stand for the division of Europe
Iron Curtain
U.S. Secretary of State at the start of the Cold War
George Marshall
postwar German zone of occupation dominated by the Soviet Union
East Germany
a U.S. program that provided aid to all European nations that needed it in the first years after the end of WWII
Marshall Plan
a defensive military alliance formed by the United States, Canada and 10 Western European Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
former prime minister of the United Kingdom who gave "Iron Curtain" speech
nations dominated by the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War
satellite nations
taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries
containment
a defensive military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European nations
Warsaw Pact
U.S. military leader in charge of Japan at the beginning of the Cold War
General Douglas MacArthur
a city that received aid from the West over a 10 month period beginning in 1948
Berlin
an international body established in 1945 aimed at promoting peace in the world
United Nations