Chapter 24 Section 5
Big 3
Churchill, Stalin, and
Soviet Union
communitsts; Stalin still rulese using fear and intimidation "Bad"
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
condemns slavery and torture
The United States
democracy; freedom for citizens "Good"
japan
had a military as self defense
americas philosophy
isolationists; didnt work out because everyone else was bringing them into it (world police)
when was Israel created
1948; the land was taken from Pallestine
Yalta Conference
Big 3 agreed that Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria would hold free elections
Superpowers
Soviet Union dominated postwar world
General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
a treaty designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs
Nuremberg Trials (source of the "bad" germans)
allies prosecuted Nazi's for war crime (Germany and Japan)
Geneva Convention
an international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers
