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Effects of the War
Term | Definition |
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Yalta Conference | Meeting in February of 1945 between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin |
Superpower | Powerful country that plays a dominant economic, political, and military role in the world. |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | International agreement first signed in 1947 aimed at lower trade barriers. |
United Nations | Organization founded in 1945 to promote peace. |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Document issued by the United Nations to promote basic human rights and freedoms. |
Geneva Convention | International agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war. |
Nuremberg Trails | Trails in which Nazis leaders were charged with war crimes. The trials turned a glaring spotlight on the evils of the third Reich. |