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| (1945) Meeting of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during World War II to plan for the postwar world |
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| (1945) Meeting of U.S. president Harry S Truman, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin after Germany's surrender in World War II, at which they divided Germany into four zones of occupation. |
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| (UN) International organization chartered in 1945 to resolve conflicts between nations. |
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| (1945) War crimes trials of high-ranking Nazi officials held by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. |
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| president in april 1945 after roosevelt died |
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| U.S. foreign policy followed during the Cold War that sought to prevent the expansion of Soviet communism. |
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| Global power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945 to 1991. |
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| (1947) President Harry S Truman's policy stating that the United States would provide economic aid to any country fighting against communism. |
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| U.S. program of giving aid to European countries to help them rebuild their economies after World War II. |
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| (1948) Joint effort by the United States and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blocked off all ground routes to the city. |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| (NATO) Military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and 11 other countries to help defend each other in case of attack. |
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| Had helped plan the D-Day invasion in World War II, became the U.S. secretary of state in 1947 |
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| an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. |
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| A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
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| The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. |
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| The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant |
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| A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole |
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| a from of government that is tyrannical, those in power use force or intimation to control others. |
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| The state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities |
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| The theory and practice of the ownership of land and the means of production by the people or the state |
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| (1944) Servicemen's Readjustment Act, which offered veterans education benefits and loans for houses, farms, and businesses. |
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| (UMVV) Union of coal mine workers that went on strike in 1946 |
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| (1947) Law that gave the federal government greater authority to end strikes and required union leaders to take an oath stating that they were not Communists. |
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| Members of the States' Rights Party; formed in the 1940s by southern Democrats who were upset with President Harry S Truman's support for civil rights. |
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| Series of reform programs proposed by President Harry S Truman. |
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| (1934) Retreat of Chinese Communists to escape destruction by the Chinese Nationalist army. |
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| (1934) Retreat of Chinese Communists to escape destruction by the Chinese Nationalist army. |
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| thirty-eighth (38th) parallel |
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| Line of latitude that separates North Korea and South Korea. |
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| Refusing to hire a person; common action toward suspected Communists during the 1950s. |
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| House Un-American Activities Committee |
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| (HUAC) Congressional committee created in 1938 to investigate U.S. citizens accused of communist activities. |
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| (1950) Law requiring registration of suspected communist groups and granting the government power to arrest anyone suspected of disloyalty during national emergencies. |
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| Method of making vicious accusation without offering proof; named after Senator Joseph McCarthy |
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| Televised hearings in the1950s of the U.S. Senate's investigations into Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges that Communists were in the U.S. military. |
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| became president after roosevelt died in april of 1945 |
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| general who helped plan the d day invasion and became the u.s. secretary of state in 1947 |
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| united mineworkers union president who called for a strike in november and only ended the strike after receiving a 3 million dollar fine |
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| in 1934 HE led a national chinese nationalist army and they had to retreat to northwest china. this escape became known as the long march. |
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| military header who helped make a U.S.-style constitution for japan. |
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| the republican nominated general for the presidential election in 1952 and he won with a 55% of the popular vote |
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| the person who was convicted to spying for the soviet union in 1948 and he was a former state department officer |
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| Julius and Ethel Rosenburg |
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| in 1951 were put on trial for spying. they were found guilty of giving manhattan project info to the russians. but man people thought they were just victims of the red scare an they were excited in june of 1943 |
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| he helped stir up cold war fears. in February 1950 he told an audience "this is the time for the showdown between the democratic world and the communist world" he blamed the spread of communism on the tartars in the U.S government |
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