Europe After WWII

In February 1945, FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met to plan for the peace after:

• World War I

• World War II

• The Korean War

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin were the Big 3 leaders of the victorious:

• Central Powers

• Axis

• Allies

It was decided at the Yalta Conference that Germany:

• Would become a US Territory.

• Should be divided into occupation zones.

• Would have a communist government.

Plans were made to form a peacekeeping organization called the:

• United Nations

• Organization of the American Stated

• League of Nations

By 1948, all of the Eastern European countries had become:

• Soviet Satellites

• Democracies

• Republics

The period of tension and distrust between the United States and Soviet Union that began in

the 1940s was known as the ____________________.

Winston Churchill observed that “an ____________________ had descended across the

continent” of Europe.

The U.S. aid program that helped Greece and Turkey resist communism was called the

____________________.

The containment policy was used by the United States to limit the spread of

____________________ around the world.

The Americans, British, and French organized the ____________________, which provided

supplies to West Berlin and broke the Soviet blockade.