Aftermath of World War II

Term/Person/Event Definition Processing

World Bank Why is this an important term to remember about
Created by US and 43 the Aftermath of WWII?
other nations to
provide development
and reconstruction
loans
United Nations Find three additional facts about this organization.

A new international
peacekeeping
organization formed
after WWII

Nuremberg War Find three additional facts about this event.

Crimes Trials

A series of trials in 1945

and 1946 in which former
Nazi leaders were
convicted of war crimes

GI Bill of
Why is this an important term to remember about
Rights the Aftermath of WWII?

Provided federal funds to

help returning GIs
transition to civilian life.
Isolationism How can you best remember the meaning of this
word?

A government policy of
not taking part in
economic and political
alliances or relations with
other countries

Internationalism What are three examples of how the United States

took an internationalist approach after WWII?

A policy of creating
strong economic and
diplomatic ties between
nations

Universal Declaration of How can you best remember the meaning of this
word?
Human Rights
Affirmed the rights to
life, liberty, and equality
before the law and to
freedom of religion,
expression, and assembly
 Origins of the Cold War
Term/Person/Event Definition Processing
Cold War How can you best remember the meaning of
The struggle between the this term?
Communist world led by the
Soviet Union and the non-
Communist world led by the
U.S.
Yalta Conference What important decisions were made at this
conference?
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
met at this conference in the
Soviet city of Yalta to plan for
the end of WWII.

Potsdam Conference What was important about this conference?

Allied leaders met at this
conference after the defeat of
Germany to finalize plans for
postwar Germany.

Superpowers Who were the two major superpowers

Nations that influence or during the Cold War?
control less powerful states

Containment How can you best remember the meaning of

this word?
The restriction of Soviet
expansion

Iron What clues does this term have in it to help

you remember what it means?
Curtain Symbolized the growing
geographic and political
divisions between Communist
and Capitalist nations in Europe

Truman How can you best remember the meaning of

Policy that the US must support this word?
Doctrine free peoples who are resisting
attempted subjugation by
armed minorities or by outside
pressures
Marshall Plan How can you best remember the meaning of
Offered all European nations, this word?
including the USSR, generous
funding to rebuild their
economies as long as the
money was spent on goods
made in the US

Molotov Plan A plan to aid economic recovery How can you best remember the meaning of
in Eastern Europe, encouraged this word?
member states to specialize in
goods and services and trade
with other states.
Satellite List three examples of satellite nations
during the Cold War.
Nation
A country dominated politically
and economically by another
nation

Ideology What are two examples of ideologies?

The set of beliefs that forms

the basis of a political and
economic system

Communism What are strengths and weaknesses of this

system?
A type of system characterized
by single-party rule of politics
and government control of the
economy

Capitalism What are strengths and weaknesses of this

system?
An economic system in which
individuals and private
businesses make most of the
economic decisions
 The Cold War Expands
Term/Person/Event Definition Processing
Berlin Blockade/Airlift Draw a picture or cartoon of this word to help you
remember the meaning.
Operation that moved
supplies into West Berlin
by American and British
planes during a Soviet
blockade in 1948-1949

North Atlantic Treaty What clues does this term have in it to help you
1949 alliance of nations remember what it means?
Organization (NATO)
that agreed to band
together in the event of
war and to support and
protect each nation
involved

Warsaw Pact What clues does this term have in it to help you
remember what it means?
Military alliance between
the Soviet Union and
nations of Eastern
Europe, formed in 1955

Korean Conflict over the future of How can you best remember the meaning of this
term?
War the Korean peninsula,
fought between 1950 and
1953 and ending in a
stalemate
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Without using a dictionary, write a definition of this
An area, often along the
word.
border between two
military powers, that no
military forces are
allowed to enter
Central Intelligence What clues does this term have in it to help you
remember what it means?
Agency (CIA) Agency created to collect
and analyze intelligence
gathered by agents
operating in foreign
countries

H-bomb Why was this a significant advancement in the arms

race?
A hydrogen bomb, more
powerful than an atomic
bomb, first tested in
1952

Arms Race Without using a dictionary, write a definition of this

A competition between word.
nations to achieve the
more powerful weapons
arsenal

th
38 Parallel Why was this significant during the Cold War?
The line dividing North
and South Korea

Sputnik Why was this a significant event during the

The first artificial satellite Cold War?
to orbit Earth, launched
by the Soviets in 1957

Intercontinental Ballistic What significant advancement did these make

in the arms race?
Missiles Long range rockets that
could deliver nuclear
weapons to their targets
around the world

U-2 Incident Why was this a significant event during the

A 1960 incident in which Cold War?
the Soviet military used
a
guided missile to shoot
down an American U-2
spy plane over Soviet
territory