| A | B |
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| Emperor Hirohito | leader of Japan during World War II who is allowed to maintain some of his powers during the occupation following the war. |
| Douglas MacArthur | American general who led the occupation of Japan and brought about important political and economic reforms |
| Hidecki Tojo | Japanese general and member of the Cabinet who is tried and executed as a war criminal |
| Trygve Lie | Norwegian who served as the first Secretary General of the United Nations |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | former First Lady who chaired the Human Rights Commission and helped draft the Universal Declaration of Rights |
| J. Strom Thurmond | Governor of South Carolina who ran for president in 1948 for the States Rights or Dixiecrat Party |
| Henry Wallace | former vice-president who ran for president in 1948 for the Progressive Party and wanted to expand on the New Deal and to have more friendly relations with the USSR |
| Thomas Dewey | Governor of New York who ran as a Republican for President in 1948 against Truman |
| Josef Stalin | leader of the USSR who instituted the Berlin Blockade |
| George Kennan | creator of the policy of containment as a result of an article he published in 1946 |
| George C. Marshall | former general who served as Truman's Secretary of State and who is generally given credit for creating the European Recovery Plan |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | American general who served as the first leader of the military forces of NATO |
