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A meeting between leaders in February 1945 of the allied powers that resulted in a plan for peace after WWII.

In July 1945 president Truman met with British and Soviet near Berlin Germany

In November 1945 the tribunal put high-ranking Nazis on trial in the German city of Nuremberg for the war crimes in WW2

an organization

dedicated to resolving international conflicts.

came to be used to describe the struggle

for global power between the United States

and the Soviet Union.

Countries under the complete control of the Soviet Union

or preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world.

This policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism

Western Europe received more than $13 billion in U.S. loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952.

United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada, to form the

members promised to defend each other

if attacked.

which provided a unified

system of military command between the

Soviet Union and its Eastern European

satellite countries for their mutual defense.

offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses.

is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions. 

On February 2, 1948, President Truman took great political risk by presenting a daring civil rights speech to a joint session of Congress. ... On July 26, 1948, President Truman issued Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the military and establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services.

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included a higher minimum wage, the

creation of a national health insurance plan

for all Americans, and expanded Social Security benefits for the elderly.

The States' Rights Democratic Party was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States

the Communists officially established the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949.

After the war, the Allies divided Korea

a weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs used in World War II.

In what became a nuclear arms race, both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons.

the world’s first artificial satellite.

a willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism.

or a significant increase in the number of babies born.

southern and western states that offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates.

Suburban homes usually had driveways, large lawns, and labor-saving appliances.

a plan to improve life in cities.

Young people known as beatniks, or

beats, criticized society with unusual writing

styles and rebellious behavior.