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| War crimes trials of high-ranking Nazi officials held by an international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany; began in 1945 |
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| (UN) International organization chartered in 1945; created to settle problems between nations |
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| US foreign policy during the Cold War that sought to prevent the expansion of soviet communism |
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| Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist countries |
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| 1946; Bernard Baruch's proposal to create an international agency that would impose penalties on countries that violated international controls on nuclear weapons |
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| (House Un-American Activites Committee) congressional committee originally created in 1938 to investigate fascist; became known for investigating US citizens accused of communist ties in the late 1940s |
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| (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Agency established by Congress in 1958 to promote space technology |
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| (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Western European nations, and other countries to help defend each other in case of attack |
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| Long power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union; waged mostly on economic and political fronts, rather than on the battlefield |
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| President Harry Truman's policy stating that the United States would help any country fighting against communism |
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| President of the United States; Didn't get along with MacArthur; |
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| Evangelist that attracted large audiences that urged Americans to turn to God. |
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