Cold War Flashcards

1
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Superpowers that emerged after world war two

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United States in the soviet union

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2
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What caused division between us and soviet union

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Reparations in germany and disagreements over types of government

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3
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According to truman what was the goal of the truman doctor

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To support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures these totalitarian regimes coerced free peoples and we’re a threat to international peace and the national security of the united states

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4
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What were the two u s cold war policies

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Us us policy of containment and stopping the spread of communism

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5
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What countries was the u s cold war policy originated to protect from becoming a communist country

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Greece and turkey

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6
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How did the u s protect greece and turkey from communist regimes

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Economic and military aid, 400 million specifically

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7
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Proxy wars

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Wars fought indirectly

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8
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Who was Truman’s reference to during his speech to congress

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The ussr

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9
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Iron curtain

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Metaphor for the line dividing europe

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10
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The domino theory

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If one country becomes communist its neighbors or perhaps the entire region would become communist

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11
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What term is associated with asia during the cold war

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The domino theory

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12
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What countries fought to stop the domino theory from happening to them

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korea and vietnam

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13
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The marshall plan is also known as

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European recovery program ERP

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The marshall plan

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The American plan to rebuild European economies after world war two by using American aid

By providing aid and rebuilding the economies the US could STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM in europe and OTHER NAZI-TYPE DICTATORSHIPS which would create STABILITY and eventually, create NEW MARKETS

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Goals of the marshall plan

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  1. rebuilding a war devastated region
  2. remove trade barriers
  3. Modernize industry
  4. make europe prosperous again
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16
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Who was the marshall plan the idea of

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George marshall the u s secretary of state under truman

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17
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Who was offered assistance by the u s and who declined

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Eastern Europe and Stalin declined

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18
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Berlin airlift causes

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  1. France, Britain and the US were secretly meeting to create West Germany
  2. They were also creating new money for west berliners
  3. Is trying to revive the economy in westborough land through the marshall plan
  4. Stalin did not want outside interference or influence
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19
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Is a Immediate effects of Stalins rule

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Citizens lacked basic supply such as food which led to starvation lack of electricity and other resources

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20
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NATO aka

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North Atlantic treaty organization

21
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Long term effects of stalin’s bad rule

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More contentiousness and creation of NATO

22
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Contententious

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Likely to cause disagreements or argument

23
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NATO was created by

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United States, Canada, and several western European nations

24
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NATO (goal & facts)

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goal of providing collective security against Soviet Union (and communism)

first peacetime military alliance the u.s entered (besides Western Hemisphere)

first made up of 12 countries
now there are over 30 member countries

25
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NATO was created in response to

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the Berlin airlift and the USSR successful nuclear bomb testing

26
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Warsaw pact

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collective defense treaty by the Soviet Union and 7 other satellite states in central and eastern Europe

created in response to NATO

27
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fall of Warsaw pact

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after communism fell in eastern Europe and the USSR collapsed

28
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satellite states

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Soviet controlled them economically although not actually owned by the Soviet union

29
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Members of Warsaw pact

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Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania (Albania withdrew in 1968)

30
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Military leader under Sun Yat-Sen

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Chiang kai-shek

31
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What did Chiang kai- Shek do

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overthrew warlords and unified china

Allied power during WW2

Autocratic rule- loses confidence of the ppl

32
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Communism in China

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Gained control of northern china by the end of ww2

Mao Zedong became leader

Chiang kai- sheks autocratic rule fuled the movement

33
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Communist revolution

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communist party fought a civil war against nationalists and won

peoples public of China is established

Nationalist party fled to Taiwan (political opponents)

34
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Truman doctrine in Taiwan

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after communist rev. Chiang kai-shek is exiled to Taiwan

The u.s gave support to taiwan and recognized chiang kai-shek as leader of china

Taiwan, rather then China, has the UN security council seat

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China under Mao Zedong

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practice of Buddhism, Confucianism, and traditional beliefs discouraged

property and businesses seized and redistributed

opponents and middle class “bourgeoisie” are labeled counterrevolutionaries

C.R. are beaten, sent to labor camps, or killed

36
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how does Dalai Lama escape to India

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by disguising himself as a soldier

37
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The great leap forward (cause, actions, and support of who)

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attempt to address slow economic recovery after WW2

dendustrialization and a mandate to increase farm and industrial output via backyard factories, collectivization and efficiency communes

resulted in low quality goods, didnt improve food output and lowered individuals incentive
WIDESPREAD FAMINE and as many as 30 mil deaths

had support of the peasantry, small land holders, agricultural laborers of low social status

38
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Cultural revolution

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Political movement led by mao to purge the Communist party of its opponents and of “bourgeois” tendencies and make the proletariat the ideal

Mao cuts ties with Khrushchev (sino- Soviet split) because of the de-stalinization of the Soviet union and easing tension with the u.s

39
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Proletariat

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the working class or workers

40
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Red gaurd

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Formed during cultural revolution so that the young ppl could experience the rev.

41
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Red book

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200 quotes from chairmen Mao- tse-tung

42
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Playing the China card

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getting closer diplomatic relations with the PRC to pressure Soviets into becoming more malleable on issues (specifically arms agreements)

U.S wanted to isolate the soviet union between European NATO allies and Soviet-Hostile China and a inroad with vietnam

China wanted a anti-Soviet ally

Security council seat went back to communist China

Nixion visited Mao

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Mao

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Chairmen and Chinese communist revoultionare

44
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Chiang Kai Shek

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Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China in mainland China then went to Taiwan

45
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Truman Doctrine

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The u.s give support to countries in eastern Europe threatened by communist (Soviet) forces

46
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Marshall plan

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Gerorge Marshall proposed a plan to provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of post-war Europe

47
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Nikita Khrushchev

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Mao cut ties with him during the cultural revolution in China. He ran the Soviet union after Stalin and led the soviet union the the later (and main) part of ww2

48
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Maos great leap forward aimed to improve

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Arg. and industry