| A | B |
|---|
| Regime | Period of Rule, the government during a specific time |
| Demilitarized | to remove troops from an area |
| Winston Churchill | Prime minister of Great Britain after Neville Chamberlain, during WWII and at the end of the War |
| Nuremberg Laws | Restrictive laws which applied to Jewish people under Nazi Germany |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) | President of the United States at the beginning of WWII |
| A-Bomb | Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan that took many lives and brought an end to WWII on the Pacific Theatre |
| The Big Three at Yalta | Stalin - USSR (Russia); Churchill - Great Britain; Roosevelt - USA - decided how to divide reclaimed territory at the end of WWII |
| Yalta Conference | Conferences held during WWII by the allied powers to plan strategy and finally make decisions after the war ended |
| Satellite Nations | Countries liberated by USSR (Russia) during WWII that came under the Communist influence of the USSR |
| Nuremberg Trials | trials of war criminals after WWII - ensured that no one could use the defense of "just following orders" in referring to their actions in a war |
| Capitalism | economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for a profit |
| collective security | another way of saying an alliance system - joining together countries felt they were more safe from attack |
| DeGaulle | President of France during WWII |
| MacArthur | led the US forces in the Pacific |
| Stalin | Leader of USSR from 1924-1954 - During WWII - attended the Yalta Conference |
| totalitarian | a government where all aspects of the citizens lives are controlled by that government |
| Truman | Pres. Of the US at the end WWII - he was responsible to having the A-Bomb dropped |
| Marshall Plan | To provide massive financial aid to rebuild European economies & prevent the spread of communism. |
| West Germany | Became democratic, was occupied by British, French & U.S., and resumed self-government |
| East Germany | Dominated by the Soviet Union |
| Japan | Occupied by American forces, adopted a democratic form of government, resumed self-government, & became a strong ally of the U.S. |
| Rationing of consumer goods over | Business converted from production of war materials to consumer goods |
| How Americans purchased goods | On credit |
| Workforce | Shifted back to men |
| Most women | returned to family responsibilities |
| Labor unions | Became more powerful |
| Workers | Gained new benefits & higher salaries |
| Cold War | Tension between the U.S. & the Soviet Union without actual fighting. |
| United States | Democratic & capitalist |
| Soviet Union | Dictatorial & communist |
| Containment | American Policy to stop the spread of communism |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Formed in 1949 by the US and 11 other countries to help defend each other in case of attack |
| Warsaw Pact | The 1955 military alliance system formed by the Soviet Union |
| South Korea & the US vs | Chinese & North Korea |
| Stalemate | Situation in which neither side of a conflict can win a decisive victory. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 military crisis that almost led to nuclear war when US naval ships blockaded Cuba until the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from the island. |
| Domino Theory | Cold War belief that if one nation in Southeast Asia fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall. |
| Collapse of Communism in Europe | Breakup of the Soviet Union into independent countries & the desstuction of the Berlin Wall |
| New challenges for the US | Military intervention, environmental challenges, global issues, including trade, jobs, & diseases |
| G.I. Bill of Rights | Gave educational, housing, & employment benefits to WW II veterams |
| Desegregated the armed formes | Harry S. Truman |
| Increased educational, economic, & political opportunities for women & minorities | Civil Rights legislation |
