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Chapter 24 Section 5 Notes
1. ___________ ___________________ − meeting at which Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
discussed plans for the postwar world
2. __________________ − strong country that dominated the postwar world
3. _________ − General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; treaty designed to expand world trade by
reducing tariffs
4. ______________ ______________ − organization of nations formed after World War II
5. __________________ _________________ ___ ______________ _____________ − UN
document affirming basic human rights
6. _______________ _____________________ − international agreement governing the humane
treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war
7. __________________ ____________ − trials in which the Allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes
What were the major immediate and long-term effects of World War II?
8. World War II changed the United States in profound ways.
9. The nation emerged from the war as a superpower, prepared to take an active role in world
affairs.
Even before the war ended, Allied leaders were making plans for the peace.
10. Big Three Meetings, 1945:
Yalta: ________________, _________________, _______________
Free elections for _____________________, _________________, _________________
Potsdam: _______________, ____________________, _________________
Divide Germany into __________ _______________ of occupation
New borders and _______ ____________ for________________
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Allow _________________to claim war _____________________
________________, however, eventually __________________on the promises made at
______________and _____________________.
Nearly all of the _________________ _______________ countries occupied by _____________
troops at war’s end came under ______________________ ____________________.
________________ _______________ were _______________ ___________.
These developments pitted the ______________ ______________ against the
____________________ __________________.
Both had emerged from the war______________ and ______________________.
Both were ________________ ______________________.
But they were ___ __________________ _____________.
18. The end of the war saw other changes in ____________________ ____________________.
19. In ________________, American occupation forces supervised the writing of a _________
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20. In _____________, the ________ ______ between __________________ and
__________________ forces resumed.
21. In ___________, _____________, and ____________ ______________, former
______________ ______________ gained _______________________.
The Decline of Imperialism, 1945–1989
22. As the postwar world took shape, the ____________ turned to those ______________ for the
__________ ____________ and __________________________.
23. ____________________ ______ ________________ were tried for committing
________________ and _________________ POWs.
24. ____________ __________ _____________ were prosecuted at the _________________
____________, which revealed the depth and horror of their crimes.
25. To _______________ _______________ ______________, many called for increased
_______________________ _________________________.
26. _____________________ took the lead, embracing their new ______________ ____ citizens of
a global _______________________ They helped establish:
27. The _______________________ ____________________ _____________.
28. The ____________________ _____________.
29. The _______________treaties
30. The U.S. also led the charge for the creation of the ____________________ ________________.
31. Since it was __________________ __ ___________, the ___.___. worked to make a difference
throughout the world.
32. Aided the move away from ______________________________.
33. Helped create the state of ______________________.
34. _________________regional ______________________
35. Provided _____to _________________ ________________.
36. Issued the ___________________ ___________________ ___ __________________
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37. The war changed ______________________in other ways, too.
38. In the fight ______________ ________________________, Americans turned with renewed
pride to the nation’s ideals of _____________________ and ________________________.
39. Yet many still faced ________________at home.
40. This led to an increased commitment to the fight for ________________ _________________.
41. The war also brought lasting __________________to the nation’s ______________________.
42. _______________the Great Depression.
43. Ushered in __________________of _______________and _____________________.
44. Led to an _______________ role for ____________________in the economy.