| A | B |
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| Yalta | A meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, to plan the postwar world. |
| Satellite Nation | Communist countries in Eastern Europe who had to follow policies approved by Soviets. |
| Iron Curtain | Wall separating Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the West. |
| Cold War | The United States and the Soviet Union became increasingly hostile, leading to confrontation and competition, just short of war. This lasted from about 1946 to 1990. |
| Potsdam | Meeting between Truman and Stalin to decide what to do with Germany. |
| What 3 issues discussed at the YALTA Conference help fuel the Cold War? | Poland, Declaration of Liberated Europe, Disagreement over Germany |
| George Kennan | U.S. diplomat, Long Telegram |
| Long Telegram | the Soviets had a sense of insecurity and fear of the West, and would be impossible to reach any permanent settlement with them |
| Containment | Keep keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic and military actions. |
| Truman Doctrine | Truman went before Congress to ask for $400 million to fight communist aggression |
| Marshall Plan | U.S. would give European nations American aid to rebuild their economies. |
| Berlin Airlift | Truman ordered the Berlin Airlift, for 11months cargo planes supplied Berliners with food, medicine, and coal. |
