Cold War Quiz 1

the political and military struggle between capitalism and communism after WWII

• Cold War
• Vietnam War

crimes of planning and waging aggressive war

• crimes against peace
• war crimes

mistreatment of prisoners of war during war

• crimes against peace
• crimes of war

crimes that target a specific group because of race, religion, or politics

• crimes against humanity 
• crimes against peace

an international organization that replaced the League of Nations for keeping peace and settling disputes

• United Nations
• NATO

the U.S. foreign policy of stopping the spread of Communism

• Isolationism
• Containment

a policy of supporting countries with military and economic aid that were fighting against communist rebels

• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine

a program that provided U.S. aid after WWII to help rebuild the economies and infrastructure of Europe

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan

mutual defense treaty between 10 western European nations, Canada, and the US

• League of Nations
• NATO

a law that changed the order of presidential succession after the vice-president to the Speaker of the House then President Pro-Temp of the Senate

• Presidential Succession Act of 1947
• NATO