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1
Q

what is the traditional explantion to the cold war?

A

Blmaes soviets and assrets US had the hardes line possible

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2
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Why was trumans role critical?

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Relied on hard lined advisors

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3
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what was source of soviet american friction?

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a bomb

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4
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what allowed the us to keep atomic monopoly, but made other countries stop?

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the baruch plan of 1946

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5
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who refused to accept the baruch plan

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soviets

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6
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what did they want to conbat in greece?

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communism

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7
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how much did congress give greece and turkey to help end communism

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$400 million

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8
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in march 1947 what boards to investigate backrounds of employees

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loyalty

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9
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what was the attorney general autherized to do

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identify groups it considered subversive

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10
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what did document reveal?

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Depth of soviet penetration

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11
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who were th close ties between?

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moscow and the communist party of the US

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12
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what information did the soviets begin to gather in 1944

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atomic information

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13
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what did the national security act of 1947 include?

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  • defense dapartment
  • national security council
  • air force
  • central intelligence agency
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14
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what linked economic polices in western europe to containment?

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the marshall plan

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15
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what were the US funds used for? how much did they give?

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to help western european government to work together for post war economic reconstuction. $13 billion

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16
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what did solviets have to consolidate?

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their own position on eastern europe

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17
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what was key to the european recovey?

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stability in germany

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18
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june 1948 who annouced a plan for currency reform?

A

britan france US

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19
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what did the soviets worry about

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germany gaining strengh

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20
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what did the soviets cut west berlin fron accesing

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highway, rail and water

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21
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what failed may 1949

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soviet blockade

22
Q

what stood as the symbol of the cold war divitions

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berlin wall; the divided city of berlin

23
Q

what helped truman win the election in 1948

A

concerns about national security

24
Q

what atractted voters

A

tough forgein policy

25
Q

who was the republican in the election of 1948

A

thomas e dewey

26
Q

what was the new party in 1948 and who ran for it?

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states rights: Strom Thurmond

27
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who was in the progressive party in 1948

A

henry wallace

28
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why did truman win

A

because fdr and anticommunist F.P

29
Q

what did the US and 11 other nations form in april 1949

A

north atlantic treaty organization

30
Q

attack aginst one…

A

is an attack agaist all

31
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on what matter was ther a cooperate

A

economic political and millitary

32
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when did the US join security packs

A

1950s

33
Q

who did the US help in china

A

nationalist government

34
Q

where did the communist force the nationalists in 1949

A

taiwan

35
Q

what was veiwed as a loss to the US

A

chinese civil war

36
Q

what was the end of US nuclear monopoly and what did it lead to

A

soviets exploded a nuclear device in sept 1949 leading to building the hydrogen bomb

37
Q

what was the NSC-678

A

blueprint for both rthetoric and the substance of cold war policy and it predicted struggle between the US and soviet union

38
Q

what were some of the struggles between the us and the soviet union

A

endosed covert action
econimic pressure
propaganda campagins
military build up

39
Q

1950 in korean war who attacted who?

A

north attacked south

40
Q

what did administration see the attack as

A

a communist aggression coming from moscow

41
Q

what is the background of the korean war

A

divided at 38th parallel after wwII

42
Q

who was divided to the north

A

soviets

43
Q

who was divided to the south

A

US

44
Q

what did the US do with UN

A

worked on sending a peaceseeking force to korea

45
Q

what was the confusion between the goals

A

either push back communist to 38th parallel or reunify country

46
Q

who did the war go bad for

A

UN forces

47
Q

what turned tide in sept

A

Landing at inchon

48
Q

who pursued the communist forces north of the 38th parallel

A

MacArthur

49
Q

When did MacArthur relieve his command

A

april 1951

50
Q

What did Eisenhower promise

A

to go to korea to hasten peace process if elected

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