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When and where was the tehran conference

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1943, Iran

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When and where was the yalta conference

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1945, russia

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When and where was the potsdam conference

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1945, germany

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What were the main agreements at tehran

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  • The USA and Britain would open up a second front to ease the pressure on the USSR
  • USSR would declare war on Japan
  • they talked about what would happen to Germany but there was no agreement
  • there was a general agreement that an international body should be set up to settle disputes
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What were the main agreements at yalta

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  • germany would be split into 4 zones one for USA, USSR, UK and France
  • Germany would pay $20 billion in reperation
  • the nazi party would be banned and war criminals would be prosecuted
  • United nations would be set up
  • stalin declared war 3 months after the defeat of Germany
  • stalin said that elections in eastern countries would be free
  • polands borders were returned to their position on 1921
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Differences at potsdam

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Rooservelt died and was replaced by truman
Winston Churchill lost the election and was replaced by clement attlee

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Main agreeements made at potsdam

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-Berlin would be divided into 4 zones one for USA, USSR, UK and France

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Cominform

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International communist organisation that advocated world communism

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Comecon

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Economic organisation from 1949 to 1991, under the leadership of the solviet union

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What does NATO stand for

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North atlantic Treaty Organisation

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Who were the original members of the Warsaw Pact

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Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and USSR

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What was the Truman doctrine

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The pledge by the USA to provide assistance to any free country that come under threat from communism

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What is communism

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All profit made goes to state, controlled economy, no freedom of speech, no free press, only one political party and the belief that everyone is equal

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What is capitalism

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A free economy, making profit from your own work, high average standards of living, multiple political parties

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Why did the USSR and USA break there alliance

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they neither had a common enemy as hitler was dead

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What was the iron curtain speech about

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How the alliance is breaking down between the UK, USA and the USSR and how you will no longer be able to go from western to eastern europe and it could lead to the USSR invading europe

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What were the methods used by the USSR to make communism take charge in eastern european countries

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Rigged elections, banning of other parties, intimidations

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How did communism take charge in Romania

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Forced the king to appoint a Communism PM; later on the monarchy was abolished

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How did communism take charge in czechoslovakia

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There was a coalition government and in 1946 the communist party was the largest single party but was still in a coalition and in 1948 when there position was threatened they banned the other parties

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How did communism take charge in Hungary

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Communists became the largest single party in the 1947 elections but they imprisoned opposition politicians and attacked church leaders

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How did communism take charge in poland

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They were in a coalition government until in 1947 when they forced the non-communist leader into exile

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How did communism take charge in yugoslavia

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Stalin set up cominform and he controlled the leaders through regular breifings

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What was the long telegram about

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The telegram said was that the USSR was heavily armed and feared the outside world and the Soviet Union did not see the possibility for long-term peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world and the word “containment” was used to say that america musr contain communism

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When was the long telegram

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Feburary 1946

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What was the novikov telegram about

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that the USA had emerged from World War Two economically strong and bent on world domination. As a result, the USSR needed to secure its buffer zone. in Eastern Europe.

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When was the novikov telegram

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September 27 1946

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What was the Berlin blockade

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The soviet Union blockaded the labd routes to west berlin so food and supplies needed to survive were not making it into west berlin

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How many supplies were they flying in per day during the berlin blockade

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1000 tonnes

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Inf treaty

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It reduced the number or missiles that both sides had and all missiles with a range of 500-5500 km were eliminated

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Glasnost

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Openness to more freedom for people in soviet states

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Perestroika

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Restructuring of the soviet economy

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Geneva 1985

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No formal agreement made but Reagan and Gorbachev began to develop a constructive relationship

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What was reagans way of winning the cold war

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Outspending the USSR

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When and where was the inf treaty

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1987, washington

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When was the berlin blockade

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June 24th 1948- may 12th 1949

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What was the truman doctrine

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A pledge by the USA to provide assistance to any country that came under threat from communism.

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What was the marshall plan

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USA sent $13 billion to aid western european countries recover from the war in return for future alliances

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What was the cuban missile crisis

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Russia had nuclear warheads on the doorstep of the USA in Cuba due to it being a communist country. Most people thought it would start a nuclear wall

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Consequences of Cuban missile crisis

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-a hotline between washington and moscow was made to reduce tensions if needed
-Russia removed there missiles from Cuba and USA removed there warheads from Turkey

40
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How many attempts did the USA make to assassinate Fidel Castro

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634

41
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What did fidel castro do in 1959

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Overthrew Cuba’s pro american government

42
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Who did castro make trade agreements with

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USSR

43
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What was america’s main export from cuba

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Sugar

44
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Why did america cut trade with cuba

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Fidel castro overthrew a pro american government and took control of land owned by americans in cuba

45
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When did castro overthrow the government in Cuba

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1959

46
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Why was Cuba becoming a commumist country so significant

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USSR had an ally within the american sphere of influence

47
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What was the bay of pigs

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America’s attempt to regain control in Cuba by getting Cuban exiles to invade. The Americans tried to hide their involvement

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Why was the bay of pigs a fail

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Castro knew of the plan and was ready and at the bay of pigs it was 25000 cubans vs 1400 cuban refugees fighting for america. The cuban exiles also came into a swampy area. They also thought the cuban people would turn on Castro

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What did the bay of pigs do to JFK’s credibility

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It destroyed it as it was his first big thing he had to deal with and failed. It also damaged america’s respect.

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Consequences of bay of pigs

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-Strengthened the position of Castro’s administration
-Destroyed the probability of good cuban-american relations

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