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Who were the leaders in the Tehran conference?

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Roosevelt
stalin
churchill

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What were the 2 agreements made from the Tehran conference

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USA and Britain would attack Germany from the West

USSR keep land taken from Poland

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Consequences from Tehran

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USA wanted Britain to end its empire

USSR and USA were becoming the 2 real superpowers as Britain’s influence fell through Churchill Balkan idea being ignored

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Agreements made in Yalta conference

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Germany split into 4 zones

Germany pay 20 billion in reparations

United Nations set up

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Leaders from Potsdam conference

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Truman

Attlee

Stalin

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3 Consequences of Potsdam

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Atomic Bomb

Berlin split into 4 zones

Truman not happy of russian soldiers in countries freed from nazis

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2 consequences of the atomic bomb

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Started the arms race. USSR had their own atomic bomb by 1949

Increased tensions. USSR felt threatened

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What started containment

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the Long Telegram

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What started the buffer zone

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the Novikov telegram

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What did churchill iron curtain speech state

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showed europe was now divided

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What is the Truman doctrine

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any assistance to be given to countries which are being taken over by communism

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What is the importance of the truman doctrine

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Showed USA involved in destroying communism

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What was the marshall plan

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13 billion to be given to western europe to stop communism

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2 consequences of the marshall plan

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Increased tensions and started the idea of dollar imperialism from stalin

created cominform and comecon

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What is Comecon

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Help such as money given to communist countries in

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What is cominform

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Trade with other communist countries

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What is the berlin crisis made up of

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Berlin blockade and the berlin airlift

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What did the west do to cause the berlin crisis

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formed trizonia

made new currency

improve germany

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When was trizonia made

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march 1948

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when did trizonia share the same currency

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june 1948

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2 consequences of the berlin blockade

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Germany became divided by 1949.West and East Germany

Creation of NATO and Warsaw Pact

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What did Imre Nagy try to do with communism

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make communism as ‘socalism with a human face’

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2 Importance of the soviet invasion of hungary

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Russia came out as strong

Khrushchev rushless care

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what was the refugee problem (berlin wall)

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people leaving east berlin to go to the west and leave

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what was khrushchev ultimatum
leave berlin or to cause another blockade
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What were the 4 meeting (summits)
Geneva Camp David Paris Vienna
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When did the berlin wall start
12 august 1961
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2 concequences of the berlin wall
seperated family's 130 people killed
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2 concequences of the bay of pigs
embarrassed the USA increased bond with cuba and the ussr.given nuclear weapons.
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Why was khrushchev giving missiles to cuba
usa had some in turkey
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2 Consequences of the cuban missile crisis
Hotline signed test ban treaty
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Who was the leader of czech
alexander dubcek
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what were dubceks reforms
free to travel criticm of governments disscusion to allow non communist parties
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2 consequence of the prague spring
brezhnev doctrine brezhnev sending troops into czech and removing dubcek as a leader
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What were usa reasons for detente
involved in war with Vietnam. Social problems in own country.Martin Luther King
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what were ussr reasons for detente
economy was suffering
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one concequence of detente
SALT 1
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When was the Helskinki Accords
1975
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What 3 things were agreed at helsinki
borders of countries cannot be moved trade deals,space mission accept human rights
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when did russia invade afghanistan
24th december 1979
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concequences of invasion of afghanistan
American reaction (carter doctrine and also end of detente) Boycott of olympics
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What did the invasion of afgahnisan cause
the second cold war
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What was gorbachev new thinking of PERESTROIKA
Introducing some aspects of capitalism to improve economy
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What was gorbachev new thinking of GLASNOST
Less corruption and freedom of speech
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4 consequences of gorbachev new thinking
end of soviet control in europe berlin wall comes down end of warsaw pact ending of the ussr
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What and When is the Washington treaty
INF treaty was signed All land based missiles with range of 500-5000 km would be abolished 1987
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What did Gorbachev scrap
The Brezhnev doctrine
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Consequences of Detente
SALT 1 Signed.In may 1972 Interim Treaty Limited.Set amount of missiles Improved relations
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What was Salt 2
Restricted on testing on NEW bombs
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When does Gorbachev resign
December 25th 1991
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When was Comiecon
January 1949
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2 consequences of setting up comiecon And comiform
Attacked the Marshall Pact Trade members increased.Increased trade with Bulgaria by 80% in 1951
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2 consequences of the formation of NATO
Warsaw pact America military presence
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What was agreed at the Helsinki Accords
Borders cannot be moved Trade deals and space mission Human rights
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What is the Regan doctrine
Destroy communist in a country
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What triggers second Cold War
End of detente
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2 consequences of the Berlin Wall
Family split up Propaganda victory

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