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| Yalta Conference | February 1945 where the "Big Three", FDR, Churchill, Stalin, made plans for the postwar world. Supporting free elections and democratic governments. |
| Potsdam Conference | Where the "Big Three" divided Germany into 4 zones of occupation by Britain, France, Soviet Union, & U.S. |
| United Nations | 1945 World Organization to provide peaceful resolutions to international conflicts. |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | 1949 Alliance between U.S. & W. European nations against communist aggression. |
| Nuremberg Trials | War crimes trials to discourage future acts of aggression. They found 19 Nazi leaders guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced 12 of them to death. |
| United Mine Workers | Members include coal miners, truck drivers, school board employees, health care professionals, and clean coal technicians. |
| Taft-Hartley Act | Made closed shops illegan and required union leaders to swear they were not Communists. |
| Dixicrats | Southern Democrats disliked Truman's position in favor of improving civil rights. They walked out of the national convention in 1948. Many joined the new States' Rights Party. |
| Long March | Retreat of Chinese Communists to escape destruction by the Chinese Nationalist army. |
| 38th Parallel | Line of latitude that separates North and South Korea |
| House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) | Congressional committee created in 1938 to investigate U.S. citizens accused of communist activities. |
| Internal Security Act | (1950) Law requiring registration of suspected communist groups and granting the government power to arrest anyone suspected of disloyalty during national emergencies. |
| Army-McCarthy Hearings | Televised hearings in the 1950s of the U.S. Senate's investigations into Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges that communists were in the U.S. military. |
