Lesson 28 Vocabulary

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Cold War

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The struggle for power that took place between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades after World War II.

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Iron Curtain

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The ideological barrier that divided Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War.

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Potsdam Conference

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The Potsdam Conference, held in July and August 1945 in Germany, brought together Allied leaders—U.S. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (later succeeded by Clement Attlee), and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin—to finalize post-World War II plans for Europe.

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Superpower

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An extremely powerful nation, one of a very few dominant states in an era when the world is divided politically into these states and their satellites.

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Yalta Conference

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Held in February 1945 in the Soviet city of Yalta, a conference of the main Allied leaders—U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin—to plan the future of post–World War II Europe.