Power to defeat a measure with one single vote.

Organization of nations to keep peace through collective security arrangements.

Postwar trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against peace and humanity.

One body of the United Nations, comprised of any nation that wishes to join.

Body of the United Nations that includes temporary members elected from the General Assembly for two-year rotating terms.

Policy aimed at restricting the spread of communism.

Suspicion and hostility between the communist and Western Democratic nations, waged primarily by political and economic means rather than with weapons.

Policy declaring that the U.S. must consider the continued spread of communism as a threat to democracy.

Massive economic assistance program to European countries by the U.S.

Communist Information Bureau established by the Soviets to oppose the Marshall Plan.

System of dropping food and supplies by air into West Berlin, to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance of 12 Western nations formed in 1949.

Mutual defense agreement between the Soviet Union and countries of the Eastern bloc.

State in which the government undertakes primary responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens.

Wall contructed to separate East and West Berlin, to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.

Officially called the European Economic Community, an organization of six Western European nations established in 1957 for international economic cooperation.

Multinational European Economic organization headquartered in Belgium.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; group that worked for civil rights.

1. Germany to be divided but remain a single country. 2. Germany must be demilitarized. 3. Nazi party outlawed. 4. German political structure to be rebuilt on a democratic basis. 5. individuals responsible for war crimes to be brought to trial.

Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt

Stalin's successor as leader of Soviet Union

Senator of Wisconsin who claimed there were communist influences in the U.S. government.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Civil rights leader who called for the use on nonviolent methods, such as boycotts, marches, and sit-ins, to bring about change.

Lyndon Johnson's reform plan to eliminate poverty and to reform civil rights legislation.

JFK's Vice-President. Became President when Kennedy was assassinated.

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Holt World Hist

Holt World History Chapter 31

Question	Answer
VETO POWER	Power to defeat a measure with one single vote.
UNITED NATIONS	Organization of nations to keep peace through collective security arrangements.
NURNBERG TRIALS	Postwar trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against peace and humanity.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY	One body of the United Nations, comprised of any nation that wishes to join.
SECURITY COUNCIL	Body of the United Nations that includes temporary members elected from the General Assembly for two-year rotating terms.
CONTAINMENT	Policy aimed at restricting the spread of communism.
COLD WAR	Suspicion and hostility between the communist and Western Democratic nations, waged primarily by political and economic means rather than with weapons.
TRUMAN DOCTRINE	Policy declaring that the U.S. must consider the continued spread of communism as a threat to democracy.
MARSHALL PLAN	Massive economic assistance program to European countries by the U.S.
COMINFORM	Communist Information Bureau established by the Soviets to oppose the Marshall Plan.
BERLIN AIRLIFT	System of dropping food and supplies by air into West Berlin, to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance of 12 Western nations formed in 1949.
WARSAW PACT	Mutual defense agreement between the Soviet Union and countries of the Eastern bloc.
WELFARE STATE	State in which the government undertakes primary responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens.
BERLIN WALL	Wall contructed to separate East and West Berlin, to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
COMMON MARKET	Officially called the European Economic Community, an organization of six Western European nations established in 1957 for international economic cooperation.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY	Multinational European Economic organization headquartered in Belgium.
NAACP	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; group that worked for civil rights.
DECISIONS AT POTSDAM	1. Germany to be divided but remain a single country. 2. Germany must be demilitarized. 3. Nazi party outlawed. 4. German political structure to be rebuilt on a democratic basis. 5. individuals responsible for war crimes to be brought to trial.
THE BIG THREE	Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt
REPARATIONS	Payment for war damages.
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV	Stalin's successor as leader of Soviet Union
JOSEPH McCARTHY	Senator of Wisconsin who claimed there were communist influences in the U.S. government.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.	Civil rights leader who called for the use on nonviolent methods, such as boycotts, marches, and sit-ins, to bring about change.
GREAT SOCIETY	Lyndon Johnson's reform plan to eliminate poverty and to reform civil rights legislation.
LYNDON JOHNSON	JFK's Vice-President. Became President when Kennedy was assassinated.

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