1. Ch. 15-1: International Peace Efforts  United Nations- goal was to settle disputes and stop acts of aggression  UN General Assembly- all member nations  Security Council- 5 big powers

2. United Nations in NYC

3. UN Security Council

4.  UN was very similar to the League of Nations  Members often disagree  Has been relatively successful in preventing another world war

5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Guarantees civil and political rights for all people  Implemented to prevent another Holocaust

6. Displaced Persons  Refugees- displaced persons  Millions of people were without homes  Jews began to flee Europe out of fear and hopelessness

7. Refugees Leaving Germany

8. Refugee Camp

10. Yalta and Potsdam Conference  Big Three met to decide what was going to happen to the defeated nations  Germany disarmed & divided into 4 zones  War criminals put on trial

12. The Big Three

13.  Japan would be occupied by U.S. troops  Polish territory was given to the USSR  Conferences shaped post war Europe

14. Origins of the Cold War  US & USSR are the two super powers  Both feared each other  Arms race begins  Both give military aid to govt.’s that supported their ideas

16. Soviet Satellites  USSR demanded a buffer zone to prevent another German attack  Eastern Europe were politically controlled by the USSR

17. The Iron Curtain  USSR refused to allow E. Europeans to travel to W. Europe  Churchill said “an iron curtain had descended across Europe”