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Who was Stalin 🇷🇺

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The leader of the USSR from 1928 till 1953.

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Who was Harry Truman 🇺🇸

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The 33rd President of the USA, served from 1945 till 1953

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Who was Dwight Eisenhower 🇺🇸

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The 34rd President of the USA, served from 1953 till 1961

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Who was JFK 🇺🇸

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The 35rd President of the USA, served from 1961 till 1963

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Who was LBJ 🇺🇸

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The 36rd President of the USA, served from 1963 till 1969

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Who was Richard Nixon 🇺🇸

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The 37rd President of the USA, served from 1969 till 1974

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Who was Khrushchev 🇷🇺

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The leader of the USSR from 1956 till 1964.

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Tehran Conference

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It was at Tehran from November 28th till December 1st 1943. It was a meeting by the Big Three in Iran to discuss how to rebuild Europe after WWII. They agreed the USSR could have a ‘sphere of influence’ which was communist respected. They also agreed the UK and US could have a ‘sphere of influence’ which was capitalist. However they disagreed over Germany.

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Dollar Imperialism

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The phrase Stalin gave to describe Marshall Aid

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The Eastern Bloc

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The area that Stalin had control over in Eastern Europe, also known as the satellite states

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Marshall Aid

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Named after General Marshall, it was the money given to the European counties after the destruction in WWII in hopes that these countries wouldn’t turn to communism in their time of need. It cost the USA about $13 billion in the end, with 24% going to the UK, 20% to France, 11% to Italy and 10% to West Germany. As well, Stalin didn’t let any of his satellite states take the aid, even though they needed it

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The Czech Coup 1948

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The Czech Government were coup by the communist party, with soviet backing, assuming undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia

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Comecon

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This was an economic organization which ran from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that was made up the Eastern Bloc countries

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Cominform

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This was the communist information bureau which existed from 1947 to 1956. It promoted Stalin’s ideas to communist parties across several countries. It was dissolved due to de-stalinization

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Zhdanov Doctrine

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The idea that ‘the only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best’

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The Truman Doctrine

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Harry S Truman’s foreign policy pledge. Its main goal was to stop the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. It was announced on the 12th of March, 1947 and further developed on July 4th 1948 to help in the Greek civil war.

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Who was Jan Masaryk 🇨🇿

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He was the Czech Foreign Minister from 1940 to 1948. On March 10th 1948, he was found dead after being thrown out of a window to his death by the new communist government. His father was also the first president of Czechoslovakia

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Percentages Agreement

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This was at Moscow in October 1944 to make the ‘spheres of influence’ for Eastern Europe. The percentages were Romania (90% Soviet, 10% Western), Bulgaria (75% Soviet, 25% Western), Yugoslavia (50% each), Greece (90% Western, 10% Soviet) and Hungry (50% each)

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Yalta conference

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It was at Yalta from the 4th of February till the 11th of February 1945. It was between the Big Three, as they discussed establishing democracy in Europe. Stalin believed only communist governments could be democratic whereas Roosevelt believed that democracy could only be achieved when several political parties competed

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Potsdam Conference

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It was at Potsdam from the 16th of July till the 2nd of August 1945. It was again between the Big Three, this time with Harry Truman. At this agreement, they agreed to divide Germany in 4 small zones, going to the USA, UK, USSR and France, as well as banning the Nazi party and prosecuting surviving Nazis as war criminals. Furthermore, cracks were beginning to show between the allies, especially due to the USA’s arrogance with the atom bomb at the conference. As well, the day before the conference, the first successful detonation of the atomic bomb had taken place

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Berlin Blockade

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Berlin Airlift

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Stalin’s Bolshoi Speech

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It was said in February 1946 by Stalin at the Bolshoi Theatre. He praised the party, the socialist regime and justified policies such as collectivisation and industrialisation. He then said that WW1 and WW2 were inevitable due to capitalism and imperialism and that the USSR should strengthen itself to prepare for these conflicts, saying war would be inevitable

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Kennan’s Long Telegram

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It was sent by George Kennan on the 22nd of February 1946. This was an 8,000 word telegram sent to the Department of State detailing his view on the Soviet Union. His opinion in end stated that Soviet expansionism needed to be contained.

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NATO

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Iron Curtain Speech

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Salami tactics

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Novikov’s Telegram

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Greek civil war

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Split of Germany

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The CIA

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The Central Intelligence agency behind all of the USA’s missions

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Fulgencio Batista

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The leader of Cuba before the revolution took place

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January 1959

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The time the Cuban revolution took place

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U2 spy plane

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The plane that was used to take pictures of the missile bases in Cuba

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1500 men

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The amount of men who stormed the beach in Cuba’s bay of pigs

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72 hours

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The time it took for all of the men who stormed to be captured or killed

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Cuabn agrrement 1

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cuban agreement 2

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Robert Kennedy

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he was JFK’s brother and adviser during the Cuban missile crisis

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‘Hawks’ and ‘doves’

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The way people describe US advisers, hawks wanted immediate action whereas doves wanted to avoid nuclear war at all costs

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Test ban treaty

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It as the agreement in 1963 to not test nuclear weapons above ground, so in caves and underwater were still fine

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Hotline teleprinter

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This was a direct line between the White House and the Kremlin so that they could talk directly whenever and tensions wouldn’t get so high again

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Sputnik I MOVE

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It was the first USSR satellite, launched on October 4th 1957

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Sputnik II MOVE

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It was the second USSR satellite with Laika the dog being the first animal in space, launched on November 3rd 1957

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Nuclear deterrent

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The idea of having nuclear weapons deters the other side from using them

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ABM (Anti Ballistic Missile)

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They were a way to shoot down induvial missiles - The USA 1972, The USSR 1968

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Atom bomb

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The first nuclear bomb ever made - The USA 1945, The USSR 1949

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Hydrogen bomb

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The second nuclear bomb made which way more powerful than the atom bomb - The USA 1952, The USSR 1953

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ICBM (InterContinental Ballistic Missiles)

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The missiles that could travel to another country from the home country - The USA 1958, The USSR 1957

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Early warning radar

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It made it so they could tell when nuclear missiles were incoming - The USA 1960, The USSR 1958

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SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles)

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Submarines that could launch missiles out of the water - The USA 1960, The USSR 1968

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MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry vehicles)

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Missiles that had 10 separate war heads in the end that struck individual targets - The USA 1970, The USSR 1975

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Sea cruise missiles launched

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Missiles that were launched from the sea - The USA 1982, The USSR 1971

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MAD theory

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Mutually Assured Destruction was the idea that no one wins in nuclear war

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The Gaither report

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It was a report that stated the USA needed to prepare for nuclear war, with that being with deterrence or survival

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Nuclear stockpile

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The collection of each sides nuclear missiles, with both realising it was too many and too expensive

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The Bomber gap

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The gap between the USA and USSR with the amount of bomber planes they had

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Gary Powers

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He was the pilot in the U2 crisis who was shot down and admitted to spying to the soviets, he was then put in soviet prison for 21 months before being swapped for Rudolf Abel

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Rudolf Abel

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The USSR spy who was swapped in 1962 for Gary Powers at the Glienicke bridge in Berlin

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The Missile gap

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The gap between the USA and USSR with the amount of missiles they had

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Warsaw pact

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The Soviet equivalent to NATO which involved the Eastern Bloc states (The USSR, Hungary, Poland, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany). This strengthened the USSR in Europe greatly

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Peaceful coexistence

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Was first spoken by Khrushchev after his secret speech, 1956. He said even though the east and west had different ideologies, they could still work together on certain things

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De-Stalinisation

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After Stalin died, Khrushchev got rid of all traces of Stalin and called him a tyrant. This made it look like the USSR was going to be different an fairer for people, which it did slightly

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Austrian state treaty

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It was signed in 1955 and made it so Austria was split into 4 zones between the UK, USA, France and the USSR, just like Germany was split

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The Polish uprising

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Wladyslaw Gomulka was elected the first secretory of the Polish workers party. He met with Khrushchev who threatened him with military intervention if he refused to cooperate. In the end, Khrushchev conceded that Gomulka could be first secretary if he agreed to not carry out reforms that may threaten communists and Poland must stay a member of the Warsaw pact

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The Hungarian uprising

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It was in 1956, the Hungarian people had freedom for 5 days until over 1000 tanks rolled in and killed around 4000 people, with the USA doing nothing to help. This increased tension as it showed the western world that the USSR were the same under Khrushchev

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Imre Nagy

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State visits

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It involved both sides seeing each other face to face to show they could cooperate

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Summit meetings (Geneva spirit of cooperation)

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It was the four great powers first meeting in 10 years, with them discussing European security, disarmament and east-west relations

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U2 crisis & Paris summit

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When the U2 plane was shot down in the USSR and Khrushchev used the knowledge of it to lure Eisenhower into a lie, before storming out of the meeting, increasing tension of the cold war

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2nd berlin ciri

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3d berlin

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4th berlin

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The Vienna summit 1961

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This was between Kennedy and Khrushchev and they discussed the Berlin crisis, the Laos conflict and the Bay of Pigs invasion

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38th Parallel

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The parallel in which North and South Korea was divided

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Kim Il Sung

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The communist ruler of North Korea

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Mao Zedong

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The leader of Communist China

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General MacArthur

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The commander behind the US who led attacks in Korea, but was removed from command by Harry Truman after suggesting to use nuclear weapons on China

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Pusan

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The area in which the south were pushed down into in 1950

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Syngman Rhee

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The capitalist leader of South Korea

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16

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The amount of countries that said yes in the UN to invade Korea with their troops in support for the South

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‘Veto’ during the Korean war

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The USSR were boycotting the UN meetings due to them not recognising the Chinese Communists, so they didn’t veto the agreement to support South Korea

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DPS (Defensive Perimeter Strategy)

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This was the area the USA promised to protect in Asia, however Korea was outside of it, meaning the North could invade the South without directly upsetting the West

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Pyongyang

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The capital of North Korea

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Panmunjom

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The place where the armistice and was signed on July 27th 1953

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Seoul

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The capital of South Korea

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The UN

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The United Nations is a group of counties that made decisions as a collective, however they didn’t go ahead if a country vetoed the decsion

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NSC-68

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It was a bill passed in 1950 by the US which increased spending on their army, navy and air force so they could better protect other countries

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Inchon landing

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The area where a naval attack by the US took place to catch the North Koreans out when the South were stuck in the Pusan pocket, September 1950

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Yalu river

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The river which divides the border of North Korea and China. In October 1950, around 200,000 Chinese troops pushed from there in support of Kim Il Sung, a communist ally

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An Armistice

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The agreement to stop the fighting of a war (ceasefire)

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The fall of China

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In 1949, the CCP took control of China, making it communist after the KMT fled to Taiwan, which the USA started to recognise. Republicans in the USA said ‘Truman lost China’

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What state was Japan in by 1945

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◦ Complete disarray, with the living having to bury the dead
◦ Hirohito was sent around the country to show his support to the people
◦ 120,000 orphans
◦ Around 250,000 dead from the bombs
◦ Soldiers would rather kill themselves than return home out of humiliation
◦ The USA realised the wrong they did and started supporting Japan with aid

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US policy in Japan

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◦ They had free press, but couldn’t talk bad about General MacArthur
◦ Gave women rights, but the Japanese men hated this
◦ Built trading relations and the economy up
◦ The support from Hirohito was traded for no prosecution
◦ The Pacifist clause was introduced - Japan couldn’t use war as a way to settle international disputes

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The super balanced budget

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It was used in Japan to make sure that all of the government income and expenditure was very closely monitored and confirmed to strict guidelines. It was an additional economic cushion to minimise borrowing

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The San Francisco peace treaty

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It was in September 1951, it made it so Japan could grow on its own more without US help and that Japan had to give up claims on surrounding countries and the US could still hold some military control over them. The USSR refused to sign

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The result of US policy in Japan

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◦ 1st election was held on April 10th 1946, which was a great success
◦ Western values and culture were promoted (US sports and movies)
◦ Japan was transformed economically, socially and culturally
◦ The US military occupation ended in 1952

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The Rearmament of Japan

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Japan was ordered to have 75,000 men by MacArthur, but by 1952 they had 110,000 ground troops and 7,600 maritime personnel. By 1954, it was agreed that a new 140,000 self-defence force should be created with US funding of $240 million, with the sales of US goods in Japan

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Jiang Jieshi

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He was the leader of the KMT who fought again Mao Zedong but inevitably fled to Taiwan. He was supported by the West, even though he was corrupt

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The Sino Soviet pact in 1950

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It was a pact between the USSR and China which gave China aid (a loan of $300 million) after just becoming communist. This was bad for the USA since now the USSR had the biggest country in Asia on their side

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George Marshall

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He was a US military leader and secretary of state. He was the man who went to Europe after WWII and was named after the aid to give the countries help to recover (Marshall plan)

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Dean Acheson

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He was the US secretary of state and helped make the Truman doctrine in 1947

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Capitalism

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A political ideology based on free trade / economy used in Western countries

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Communism

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A political ideology based on everyone being equal and sharing, with most if not all things being owned by the state used in Eastern countries

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Democracy

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Countries where people are given freedom to vote and elect governments

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Comintern

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Communist (international) groups created to spread communism worldwide

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The Domino theory

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If one country falls to communism, then the countries next to it will follow and also fall to communism due to the countries being the same economically or politically

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Undermining communism

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The National Security Council recommended (NSC-68) abandoning containment to ‘roll back’ communism

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Containment

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It was the US policy in 1947 (Truman doctrine) to contain communism within the world, not letting other countries fall to it

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The Rosenbergs

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They were a Jewish couple who were found guilty in 1951 for ‘conspiracy to commit espionage’ in favour for the USSR. They were executed for these crimes in 1953

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Alger Hiss case

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Hiss was a high-ranking member of the US state department who was accused by Whittaker Chambers of being a communist. In the end, Richard Nixon was the one who ‘caught’ Hiss passing information to the USSR. He got 5 years for purjury

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The McCarran Act

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The act made it so all communist organisations had to be registered, no communist could have a US passport or work in defence and also allowed the opening up of detention camps. It was an act that Truman vetoed, but then congress overrode his veto letting the act pass

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The FBI (during McCarthyism)

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It investigated over 3 million people from 1947 to 1950, with only 212 being a ‘security risk’

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J Edgar Hoover

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He was the director of the FBI during McCarthyism and was strongly anti-communist

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The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

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It had the right to investigate anyone who was un-American, with a group of Hollywood writers (the Hollywood ten) being arrested for not answering questions

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Joseph McCarthy

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He was chairman of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate (Republican) who accused members of the government and state department of being communist

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How was Joseph McCarthy exposed

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His trials were televised and people saw his accusations had no basis. He began to accusing Republicans and senior military figures who began to feel he had served his political purpose and was damaging his own side

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Causes of McCarthyism

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◦ China became communist in 1949
◦ Spy rings were uncovered in the years after WWII
◦ The USSR had exploded a nuclear bomb 3 years before the US predicted they would
◦ Republican politicians could portray their Democratic rivals of being soft on communism

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Consequences of McCarthyism

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◦ McCarty was censured in the Senate
◦ His trials are exposed and people see he is a liar with no evidence
◦ Richard Nixon gains from this and runs as Eisenhower’s vice president in 1952
◦McCarthy lost role in government
◦ Thousands of lives were ruined by allegations of being communist, with people being blacklisted
◦ 3,000 government employees were forced to resign

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“More bang for your buck”

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This was Eisenhower’s saying when talking about how nuclear weapons were more cost effective than the conventual army

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Nuclear umbrella

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The allies of the USA had a nuclear umbrella since anyone who attacked them is protected by the US nuclear weapons

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Massive retaliation (NSC 162/2)

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They built up lots of nuclear weapons, taking it to 18,000 during the 1950s

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Brinkmanship

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It was the idea of going right to the edge with threats without actually causing conflict in hopes that the opponent backs down, it was very risky if both sides did it

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NATO in 1955

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West Germany had just joined. This caused the USSR to make the Warsaw pact in retaliation since West Germany was on the border of the satellite states, which they didn’t like

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Rollback

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This was the idea to instead of contain communism, get rid of it completely

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John Foster Dulles

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He was Eisenhower’s secretory of state from 1953 to 1959. He pursued a foreign policy designed to isolate the USSR and undermine the spread of communism

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SEATO

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It was the defensive treaty with South East Asian countries (The USA, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines) to protect them from communism in Asia

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The ‘New Look’ policy

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This was Eisenhower’s foreign policy which focused on brinkmanship, nuclear stockpiling, massive retaliation and to make more alliances

129
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Which countries might have needed protection that weren’t members of SEATO

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◦Burma
◦South Vietnam
◦Laos
◦Cambodia

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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He was the brutal, autocratic and nepotistic ruler of South Vietnam who was killed by his own people in 1953

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Guerrilla tactics

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These were the tactics used by the North Vietnamese which involved using ‘hit and run’ tactics SHEEETT EXAMPLES

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Saigon

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The capital of South Vietnam

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1956 (Vietnam)

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The year that the elections were scheduled, but never happened due to Diem and the West knowing the communists would win

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Ho Chi Minh

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The ruler of North Vietnam, who had a trail named after him

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Geneva Agreement 1954 (Vietnam)

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It was agreed that Vietnam would be divided into North and South due to the French Indochina attacks. As well they scheduled elections for 1956

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Hanoi

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The capital of North Vietnam

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The Viet Cong

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This was the North Vietnamese army, who’s goal it was to unite Vietnam under communism

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Indochina

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This was France’s empire in Asia which collapsed in 1954 when the lost to Vietnam. It covered Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and parts of China

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The National Liberation Front (NLF)

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It was the same as the Viet Cong, they wanted to liberate Vietnam and make it communist

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Viet Minh

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This was the original Vietnamese army who fought against the French Indochina army. Parts of the Viet Minh joined the Viet Cong

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Buddhist Crisis 1963

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This was when Buddhists in South Vietnam set themselves on fire in protest of Diem’s pro-catholic policies and discriminatory Buddhist laws. The South Vietnamese lady even said ‘let them burn and we shall clap our hands’

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Dien Bien Phu

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It was the place in North Vietnam where a fight took place with the French Indochinese lost in 1954

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Revolutionary Violence Strategy

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This was a saying from the Vietnamese workers party, which said ‘conflict is justified for unity of Vietnam’ in 1958

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Truman’s involvement in Vietnam

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He authorised a modest program of economic and military aid to the French who were fighting. He also gave aid to them due to him ‘losing China’ the year prior and couldn’t let another country fall to communism

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Eisenhower’s involvement in Vietnam

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He undertook the task of trying to build a nation from the current political entity that was South Vietnam. He reinstated US involvement there because he saw Vietnam as an escalation of the Cold War

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JFK’s involvement in Vietnam

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In 1961, he secretly sent 400 special operations forces to train the South Vietnamese soldiers. He also increased the number of US helicopter force, strategic bombing of North Vietnam

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The Ho Chi Minh trail

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This was the route, named after the North Vietnamese leader, that the Viet Cong used to travel into the South either to attack or use to promote propaganda to Southern people. The route went from the North, through Laos and Cambodia and then into the South

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The Strategic hamlet program

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These were areas were the Americans moved South Vietnamese people into to protect them from Viet Cong attacks and propaganda. However, the South Vietnamese weren’t very big fans of this due to them being taken from their home villages and their disliking of US troops

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What role did the US ambassador do to Vietnam

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Henry Cabot Lodge, the new US ambassador for South Vietnam, sent a telegram that he should explore an alternative leader for South Vietnam and this was approved by Kennedy

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‘Open skies’ policy

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This was an agreement by Eisenhower that both sides should be allowed to take pictures over the others airspace. The intent of the policy was to prevent nations from stockpiling dangerous weapons, which the soviets rejected the idea of, 1955

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Consequences of the Hungarian Uprising

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◦Over 200,000 refugees left Hungary for the West via Austria
◦Other satellite states did not dare to challenge soviet authority
◦Khrushchev showed peaceful coexistence had its limits

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Janos Kadar

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He was instated as the Hungarian leader after the Hungarian uprising (Imre Nagy taken out subtly) by Khrushchev due to him being a hard line communist with the views Khrushchev liked

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Yuri Gagarin

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He was the first man in space, sent up by the USSR on April 12th 1961

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Explorer 1

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This was the first satellite launched by the USA on January 31st 1958

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