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Cold War part 2
Cold War vocab
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9th Grade
04/09/2010

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Nuremburg Trials
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War crimes trials of high-ranking Nazi officials held by an international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany; began in 1945
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United Nations
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(UN) International organization chartered in 1945; created to settle problems between nations
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Containment
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US foreign policy during the Cold War that sought to prevent the expansion of soviet communism
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Warsaw Pact
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Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist countries
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Baruch Plan
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1946; Bernard Baruch's proposal to create an international agency that would impose penalties on countries that violated international controls on nuclear weapons
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HUAC
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(House Un-American Activites Committee) congressional committee originally created in 1938 to investigate fascist; became known for investigating US citizens accused of communist ties in the late 1940s
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NASA
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(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Agency established by Congress in 1958 to promote space technology
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NATO
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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Western European nations, and other countries to help defend each other in case of attack
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Cold War
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Long power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union; waged mostly on economic and political fronts, rather than on the battlefield
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Truman Doctrine
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President Harry Truman's policy stating that the United States would help any country fighting against communism
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Harry S. Truman
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President of the United States; Didn't get along with MacArthur;
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Billy Graham
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Evangelist that attracted large audiences that urged Americans to turn to God.
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