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United Nations - redo of the League if Nations ; founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world
Nuremburg Trials - a series of trials held in Nuremburg, Germany after WWII in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression and crimes against humanity
Warsaw Pact - mutual defense pact for communists
Containment - stop the spreading of communism
Truman Doctrine - U.S pledge to prevent communism
NATO - democratic mutual defense pact

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Terms to know • containment: A policy for preventing the expansion of communism

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What were the causes andconsequences of the collapse of theSoviet Union? 

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What were the causes andconsequences of the collapse of theSoviet Union? 

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Collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe • Soviet economic collapse • Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries • Tearing down of Berlin Wall • Breakup of the Soviet Union • Expansion of NATO

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Beginning of the Cold War (1945– 1948) • The Yalta Conference and the Soviet control of Eastern Europe • Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R. • Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism • President Truman and the Policy of Containment • Eastern Europe: Soviet satellite nations, the Iron Curtain

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What were the internationalcooperative organizationscreated after World War II?

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What were the internationalcooperative organizationscreated after World War II?

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International Cooperative Organizations • United Nations • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) • Warsaw Pact

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How did the Allies promotereconstruction of thedefeated powers?

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How did the Allies promotereconstruction of thedefeated powers?

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Efforts for reconstruction of Germany • Democratic government installed in West Germany and West Berlin • Germany and Berlin divided among the four Allied powers • Emergence of West Germany as economic power in postwar Europe Efforts for reconstruction of Japan • United States occupation of Japan under MacArthur’s administration • Democracy and economic development • Elimination of Japan’s military offensive capabilities; guarantee of Japan’s security by the United States • Emergence of Japan as dominant economy in Asia

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• Loss of empires by European powers • Establishment of two major powers in the world: The United States and the U.S.S.R. • War crimes trials • Division of Europe, Iron Curtain • Establishment of the United Nations • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Marshall Plan • Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact

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Outcomes of World War II
• Loss of empires by European powers
• Establishment of two major powers in the world: The United States
and the U.S.S.R.
• War crimes trials
• Division of Europe, Iron Curtain
• Establishment of the United Nations
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Marshall Plan
• Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and
Warsaw Pact