The Cold War L1 (Red Book)

As _ ended, leaders began planning the future of the postwar world.

The United States and the Soviet Union went from being _ to enemies after World War II.

• allies

• axis powers

meeting of leaders to agree on postwar strategies

• Yalta Conference

• United Nations

• Marshall Plan

organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts

• Nuremberg trials

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Yalta Conference

What were three issues that led to hard feelings between the Soviet Union and the United States?

• disapproval of each others' political and economic systems

• Soviets upset that the U.S. took too long to recognize the Soviet government

• U.S angry that the Soviets had been an ally of Hitler

• U.S. was angry that Japan had been an ally of Russia

• The U.S. was angry that the Soviets were capitalists.

the division of Europe between free and Communist countries

taking measures to prevent the spread of Communist rule to other countries

state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action

agency created to compile intelligence from the military and state department to perform secret operations in foreign countries

U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover