Cold War Vocab Review

Front

WWII meeting of Stalin, Churchill, and FDR discussing Germany's surrender and free elections in Poland.

Back

Yalta

Front

U.S., Britain, and France united their zones and introduced currency in West Germany; Stalin aimed to force troop withdrawal.

Back

Berlin Blockade

Front

Symbolic division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic West, referenced by Churchill in 1946, stretching from the Baltic to the Adriatic.

Back

Iron Curtain

Front

Bitter indirect conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union lasting over 40 years post-WWII, involving political, military, and ideological struggles.

Back

Cold War

Front

U.S. policy providing $17 billion in aid to Europe post-WWII.

Back

Marshall Plan

Front

Final wartime meeting of the 'big three' where Allies decided postwar division of Germany and Berlin. Attendees included David Atlee and Harry Truman.

Back

Potsdam Conference

Front

Defensive alliance of the US, Canada, and Western Europe formed after the Berlin Blockade.

Back

NATO

Front

Policy by George Kennan to prevent communism's spread, allowing it where it existed.

Back

Containment

Front

Pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety, often in politics, used by the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.

Back

Brinksmanship

Front

Org. formed post-war for global peace; has a security council & general assembly.

Back

United Nations