Cold War Flashcards

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Why was the ussr and us rivals and what is this rivalry called?

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Because they disagreed about how the world should be after the war. Their rivalry for world leadership was lnown as the COLD WAR

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What was the problem that began before thr end of world war 2?

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Allied leaders agreed to split germany into 2 parts. West germany to the Allied forces and east germany to the USSR

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-Us adopted this policy to stop the spread of communism.
- this policy said that the US would help any nation threatend by a communist takeover

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Policy of containment

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4
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It gave western Europe contries economic eid to hell them rubuild after the war

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Marshal plan

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5
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What was the aims of marshal plan

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American leaders believed that having a better economy will decrease the chances of countries to turn communist

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Opposing views of the US and USSR on the fate of europe?

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  1. US- Grant the countries in Eastern Europe their INDEPENDENCE
    USSR- CLNTROL the Eastern Europe countries to serve

2,
US-Strengthen the ecnonomy of west germany so that it could contribute to the progress pf Europe
USSR- acquire Germany’s resources as war reparations and prevent the country from beimg a strong tgreat in the future.

  1. US- Promote DEMOCRACY and CAPITALISM
    UUSSR- promote COMMUNISM
  2. US- Control the wealth of Europe
    USSR - use the wealth of the country in eastern europe to restore its economy.
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East germany built a wall that divided east and west Berlin. This wall became a symbol of the divisio of the world between the aus and USSR

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Berlin wall

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What is the policy of brinkmanship?

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Showing not only state of readiness to engage in war but of pushing conflicts to the blink of disaster to force the opponent to back down or make adjust,ents.

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9
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What are the 5 cold war tactics

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  1. Formation of Alliances
    2.Propaganda
  2. Espionage
  3. Arms Race
  4. Space race
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10
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What are alliances that America made to help member countries incase itw as attacked by another country and supress communism

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NATO
SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION
CENTRAL TREATY ORGANIZATION

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11
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Was is the USSR’s created political and military alliance known as?

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Warsaw pact

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12
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What has the belgrade conference led to?

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Non Aligned movement

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13
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What are rhe spy organizations tyat the USSR, US AND UK made?

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USSR- KGB
US- CIA
UK- SIS

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14
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What marked the end of cold war in germany?

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The fall of the Berlin wall

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15
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What marked the END OF COLD WAR?

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The fall lf the powerful USSR

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16
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What happened toward the ending of cold war?

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Brinkmanship was replaced by the detente or the easing tensions during world war
-berlin wall fell
-the fall of the communist party and separatuon of the republic from the ussr
-fall of the powerful ussr