The Cold War (1947-1991)

Distrust

________ is prevalent among the Allies as U.S. and Britain fear Communism, and Russia believes the West wants to destroy communism.

U.S.

________ had wanted to add more money to the Marshall Plan yet USSR prevented it.

Truman

________ presses Stalin for free elections as previously discussed yet he refuses (in fear of anti- Soviet governments rising)

Stalin

________ agrees to enter in war against Japan to gain territory from Asia as promised.

Cold War

________: A series of escalated diplomatic and economic conflicts centering around a feud between the U.S.A. and the USSR

Stalin

________ opposes idea (wanted to maintain Germany weak) and in response sets up a mini- blockade with all imports from trains searched by troops.

Postdam Conference

A meeting in which they discuss how to deal with the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries, and reparations

Marshall Plan

Plan created by the U.S. Secretary of State

Truman Doctrine

Led American policy for years as wanted to resist Soviet (communism) expansion

Berlin Airlift

Truman and the Allies bring resources (food, coal, and gas) to German citizens over the next year

NATO

an international organization created by the U.S.

Warsaw Pact

an organization created by the USSR and its states

Truman Doctrine

a policy rooted in the containment in the spread of communism to areas under Soviet control

Yalta Agreement

An event in which the Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin) meet to divide Europe into 4 zones of occupation