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1
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What year were delta and Potsdam conferences

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1945
Alta Feb
Potsdam July

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When was Churchill’s iron curtain speech?

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March 1946

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3
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When was Truman doctrine?

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1947

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4
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When was Berlin blockade?

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June 1948

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5
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When was Warsaw Pact formed?

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1955

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6
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When was Hungarian uprising?

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1956

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7
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When was Bay of Pigs invasion?

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1961

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8
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When was Berlin Wall constructed?

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1961

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9
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What are contrasting ideologies of USA and USSR?

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USA
Multiple political parties 
Government elected by people voting
Free economy
Most have a reasonable standard of living
Opportunity for all

USSR
Based on Karl Marx
All businesses and profits owned by state
One party state, all other parties banned
Economy controlled by Government
Lower average standard of living
Based on ideas of fairness and equality

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10
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What did Lenin want to overthrow?

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Capitalism

American dream of individuals becoming rich

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11
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Why did UK not trust USSR

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They fought against them in WW1

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12
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What was Grand Alliance?

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Hitler invaded USSR
Teamed up with UK and France
East vs West

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13
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Why did USA not trust USSR before WW2

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Ideological differences
Russia joined forces with Allies Germany in WW1
Stalin brutal and ruthless
Propaganda - Red Scare led to panic and arrests in USA
Russian civil war reds (communists) against whites (anti communists)
Nazi Soviet pact

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14
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What key agreements at Yalta?

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United Nations UN formed
Liberated countries of Eastern Europe allowed free elections
Germany divided into 4 zones

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15
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What are key agreements of Potsdam?

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Division of Germany
Nazi party banned
Germans living in Poland Hungary and Czechoslovakian returned to Germany
Poland lost territory

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16
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What was impact of atomic bomb?

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Japan surrendered
No need for soviet troops so no need for Grand Alliance
Truman did not tell Stalin about bomb - led to mistrust
Uk was seen as weaker so wanted friendship with USA

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17
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What ended WW2?

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Hiroshima bomb

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18
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What is iron curtain?

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Invisible line between East and West Europe

First mentioned by Winston Churchill

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What is long telegram?

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1946
Us embassy sent report
8000 words
Soviets want to spread USSR influence as wide as possible
USSR saw USA as enemy
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20
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What is Truman Doctrine

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1947
Communism threat to USA and rest of world
USA to support any country under threat from communism
Contain communism not let it spread to other countries

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21
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What was Marshall Plan?

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George Marshall US Secretary of State
To aid economic recovery to stop other countries turning to communism
Contain communism in Eastern Europe
Create market for US goods to build up US economy
Everything had to be bought from US suppliers
Standards of living in Europe rose

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What dis Stalin see Truman Doctrine as?

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Threat to communism

23
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What was Stalin’s response to Marshall plan?

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He thought US gained power over countries accepting aid
This would lead to world domination

Created Comecon
Soviet alternative to Marshall aid

24
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Why was Yugoslavia a problem for Stalin

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Accepted Marshall aid

Only communist country to (was forbidden by Stalin)

25
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What was West Germany renamed?

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FDR

Federal Republic of Germany

26
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What was East Germany renamed?

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GDR

German Democratic Republic

27
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What does NATO stand for?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

28
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Which countries signed a Treaty of Friendship?

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China

USSR

29
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What were consequences of Korean War?

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USA willing to go to war to contain communism
USA did not want direct conflict with USSR
Stalin gave weapons but not troops
Tried to unite North and South Korea

30
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Which countries were in Warsaw Pact?

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USSR
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
East Germany
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
31
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What was purpose of Warsaw Pact?

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Counter balance power of NATO

Protect countries behind iron curtain

32
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Why was NATO formed?

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In response to Berlin Blockade

1949

33
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Which countries are in NATO

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USA
Canada
UK
France
Denmark
Italy
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Iceland
West Germany
34
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Why was there a space race?

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USSR and USA both want to be superior and lead the way

Propaganda

35
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Who sent first satellite to orbit earth?

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USSR
Sputnik
1957
First dog Lanka
Triumph for communism
36
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Who was first human in space?

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Yurt Gagarin
1961
USSR

37
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Who was first human to walk on moon?

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Neil Armstrong
USA
1969

38
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When was hydrogen bomb built

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1952

USA

39
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What is Polaris?

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Nuclear missiles fired from land sea or air or submarine

40
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What is CND in arms race?

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Campaign for nuclear disarmament

41
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What was destalinisation?

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After Stalin death 1956

New leader suggested a more open peaceful approach

42
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What was Hungarian uprising?

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Student protest
List of demands for better rights

Hungary withdrew from Warsaw Pact

43
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What US pilot was shot down in his spy plane by USSR?

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Gary Powers

1960

44
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When was Berlin Wall built?

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1961
Stop western spies entering East Germany
Stop educated people leaving by seeing the West

45
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Who said inch bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)?

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Kennedy
When visited Berlin Wall
US committed to fighting communism

46
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When was bay of pigs invasion?

A

1961

Cuba

47
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Why was bay of pigs invasion a disaster?

A

Kennedy withdrew support
Cuban exiles left exposed
200 killed
1200 taken prisoner

48
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What were results of Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Kennedy hard stood up to Khrushchev
Khrushchev claimed to remove weapons to encourage world peace
Removal of missiles from Cuba no threat to USA
Special hotline bling White House and Kremlin

49
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What was Brezhnev Doctrine?

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1968 speech
If any Warsaw Pact country behaved same way as Czechoslovakia it would face same consequences
Prague spring movement

50
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What was Prague spring movement?

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Soviet Forces took control of Prague in Czechoslovakia

1968

51
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What were reasons for detente?

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China soviet split
Neither side wanted war so talk
Neither wanted to use nuclear weapons to bring mass destruction
Economic issue too expensive to keep making weapons

Improved relations in 1970s USA/USSR

52
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What is Kremlin?

A

HQ Soviet government

Moscow

53
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What is Red Scare?

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Widespread fear of communism

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