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Cold war Flashcards

1
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Who were the leaders in the Tehran conference?

A

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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4
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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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5
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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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8
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What started containment

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the Long Telegram

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9
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What started the buffer zone

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the Novikov telegram

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10
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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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13
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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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14
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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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17
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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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18
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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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19
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When was trizonia made

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march 1948

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20
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when did trizonia share the same currency

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june 1948

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21
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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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22
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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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23
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2 Importance of the soviet invasion of hungary

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Russia came out as strong

Khrushchev rushless care

24
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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

25
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what was khrushchev ultimatum

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leave berlin or to cause another blockade

26
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What were the 4 meeting (summits)

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Geneva

Camp David

Paris

Vienna

27
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When did the berlin wall start

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12 august 1961

28
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2 concequences of the berlin wall

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seperated family’s

130 people killed

29
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2 concequences of the bay of pigs

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embarrassed the USA

increased bond with cuba and the ussr.given nuclear weapons.

30
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Why was khrushchev giving missiles to cuba

A

usa had some in turkey

31
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2 Consequences of the cuban missile crisis

A

Hotline

signed test ban treaty

32
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Who was the leader of czech

A

alexander dubcek

33
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what were dubceks reforms

A

free to travel

criticm of governments

disscusion to allow non communist parties

34
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2 consequence of the prague spring

A

brezhnev doctrine

brezhnev sending troops into czech and removing dubcek as a leader

35
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What were usa reasons for detente

A

involved in war with Vietnam.

Social problems in own country.Martin Luther King

36
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what were ussr reasons for detente

A

economy was suffering

37
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one concequence of detente

A

SALT 1

38
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When was the Helskinki Accords

A

1975

39
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What 3 things were agreed at helsinki

A

borders of countries cannot be moved

trade deals,space mission

accept human rights

40
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when did russia invade afghanistan

A

24th december 1979

41
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concequences of invasion of afghanistan

A

American reaction (carter doctrine and also end of detente)

Boycott of olympics

42
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What did the invasion of afgahnisan cause

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the second cold war

43
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What was gorbachev new thinking of PERESTROIKA

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Introducing some aspects of capitalism to improve economy

44
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What was gorbachev new thinking of GLASNOST

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Less corruption and freedom of speech

45
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4 consequences of gorbachev new thinking

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end of soviet control in europe

berlin wall comes down

end of warsaw pact

ending of the ussr

46
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What and When is the Washington treaty

A

INF treaty was signed

All land based missiles with range of 500-5000 km would be abolished

1987

47
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What did Gorbachev scrap

A

The Brezhnev doctrine

48
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Consequences of Detente

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SALT 1 Signed.In may 1972

Interim Treaty Limited.Set amount of missiles

Improved relations

49
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What was Salt 2

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Restricted on testing on NEW bombs

50
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When does Gorbachev resign

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December 25th 1991

51
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When was Comiecon

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January 1949

52
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2 consequences of setting up comiecon
And comiform

A

Attacked the Marshall Pact

Trade members increased.Increased trade with Bulgaria by 80% in 1951

53
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2 consequences of the formation of NATO

A

Warsaw pact

America military presence

54
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What was agreed at the Helsinki Accords

A

Borders cannot be moved

Trade deals and space mission

Human rights

55
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What is the Regan doctrine

A

Destroy communist in a country

56
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What triggers second Cold War

A

End of detente

57
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2 consequences of the Berlin Wall

A

Family split up

Propaganda victory

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