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chapter 9
Question | Answer |
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Nuremberg trial | (1945-1949)trials in which an allied military tribunal tried several dozen top war crimes. |
Cold War | an era of high tension and bitter rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War 2. |
Iron Curtain | term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line dividing communist countries in the Soviet bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War. |
Truman Doctrine | (1947)U.S. president Truman's pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism. |
Marshell Plan | (1947)plan for the economic reconstruction of Europe after World War 2 |
Containment | the United States policy adapted in the 1940s to stop the spread of communism by providing economic and military aid to countries opposing the Soviets. |