Early Cold War Vocabulary Quiz

An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts

preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world 

Nov. 1945, a tribunal in the German city, Nuremburg, put high ranking Nazi officials on trial 

a growth in weapons based in the number of weapons an enemy country has

idea that the US could help rebuild wartorn Europe with loans and other economic aid

US Senator who investigated spread of Communism in US society, no proof was ever found though

the struggle for global power between the US and the Soviet Union between 1945-1990

an alliance of western powers

Soviet Union created a mutual defense plan with their satellite countries in case of attack

What line divided Korea after WWII into N (Communist-Soviet Union) and South (democratic-US)?

Truman's program for higher minimum wage, national health insurance, expanded Social Security

Communist leader of China, he defeated a nationalist army for control of China

US, GB, and Soviet Union made important decisions about the future of European governments here

Cold War foreign policy designed to "get to the verge without getting into the war" 

offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses

thermonuclear weapon that gets its power from splitting a hydrogen atom

the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957