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1
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define the cold war

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a quest for global domination of conflicting ideas/morals/values between the USA and the USSR that resulted in conflict/proxy wars/arms race

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what is a long term cause of the cold war?

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conflicting hopes/dreams/fears post WW2

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what did the US want for the world?

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a world that was:

  • capitalistic(open global markets)
  • democratic
  • self determination for all
  • no more imperialism
  • freedom of the seas
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what did the USSR want the world to be like?

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  • keep Germany weak and fragmented
  • global communism
  • end capitalistic imperialism
  • want buffer zone in eastern europe
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what did france want the world to be like?

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-keep Germany weak and fragmented
-wants to be a world power again
=regain all colonial possessions

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what did Great Britain want the world to be like?

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  • be a world power again
  • regain/hold colonies
  • freedom of the seas
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what did the US fear?

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-communism and the USSR bc the non aggression pact with hitler, they broke the Yalta agreement(Poland), warsaw uprising

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what did the USSR fear?

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  • Germany= bc Germany attacked them twice in 50 yrs. and in WW2 killed 20 million of its ppl with about half being civilians
  • US = sources of mistrust — keeping the atomic bomb a “secret”(not secret bc USSR was spying), delayed reaction to having 2 front war in WW2, and sending troops to defeat Bolshevik Revolution
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when was the Cold War?

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1946-1992

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in what year does the USSR fall?

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1992

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what does france fear?

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most feared Germany bc they attacked france three times in the last 75 years

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what did GB fear

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the USSR

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13
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what year was the Truman doctrine written

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1947

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14
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this gave $400 million to Greece and Turkey to resist outside subjugation

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Truman Doctrine

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in what year was the marshall plan written

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1947

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this gave $13 billion to rebuild Europe

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marshall plan

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who came up with the marshall plan?

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sec of state marshall

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18
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in what year was the berlin airlift

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1948

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when was NATO formed?

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1948

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why was the formation of NATO a turning point

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because it was the first time the US was in a treaty alliance during peace time and it also broke George Washington’s precedent set in his farewell address(avoid foreign entanglements)

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the soviets formed a union/alliance after NATO was formed called what

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the warsaw pact

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1949 was the year of what

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the year of shocks

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what three things happened during the year of shocks(1949)

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  1. the soviets the atomic bomb
  2. china fell to communism
  3. the trial of alger hiss
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describe the trial of alger hiss

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  • Hiss was being accused of being a spy by Whitticer Chambers
  • Hiss worked for the FDR admin and actually turned out to be a spy when USSR fell historical archives were open to historians
  • led to the 2nd red scare “if alger hiss was a spy, anyone could be a spy”
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when was the Chinese revolution

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1949

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26
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when was the Chinese civil war

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1920-1949

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who was the leader of the Chinese communists

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Mao Zedong

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who was the leader if the Chinese nationalists

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Chiang Kai Shek

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29
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where did the nationalists in china retreat after losing the revolution

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taiwan

30
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the Truman administration was accused of being ________

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hard on communism

31
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why was the Truman admin accused of being hard on communism?

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because they “allowed” china to fall to communism

32
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when does north korea invade south korea

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1950

33
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what are the three firsts that happen during the Korean war?

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  1. US president sends troops w/o consulting congress first
  2. UN used force for the first time
  3. first concept of limited war
34
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when was the UN est

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1945

35
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  • 6 organizations/bodies from within
  • General assembly= each member nation gets one vote
  • Security council can take binding actions
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the UN

36
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what are the 5 permanent nations in the UN

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  1. USA
  2. China
  3. Great Britain
  4. USSR
  5. France
37
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true or false: the permanent nations in the UN had veto power

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true

38
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how many member nations total are in the UN

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15

39
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the two koreas are divided by what

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the 38th parallel

40
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what technically ended the Korean war?

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an armistice was signed. there was no peace treaty just a permanent cease fire

41
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north korea was supported by who

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USSR

42
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who supported south korea

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USA

43
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what famous general was in charge of the Korean war

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Douglas MacArthur

44
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what battle in the Korean war created a two front war?

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Inchon attack

45
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why was MacArthur fired?

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because he insulted the president publicly by going to congress trying to get public support

46
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when was the national security act est

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1947

47
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the national security act created what?

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the CIA

48
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the FBI was created during what

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the 1st red scare

49
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who was the head of the FBI until his death in 1972

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J Edgar Hoover

50
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when was HUAC est

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1938

51
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in 1937 ____% of americans were in favor of outlawing the communist party

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60

52
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how many public teachers lost their jobs diring the red scare

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600+

53
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how long did the Hollywood 10 go to jail

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6months to a year

54
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Executive order no. 9835 set up what

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the Federal Employees Loyalty Review Board

55
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what est the Fed. Loyalty Review Board

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Executive no. 9835

56
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describe the Federal Employees Loyalty Review Board

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workers can be fired if fount not loyal to the govt and the boards violated people’s 6th amendment rights

57
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who was Allen Dulles

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the first director of the CIA

58
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who was John Foster Dulles

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secretary of state

59
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describe the domino theory

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if one country falls to communism, the surrounding region will fall to communism as well

60
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by the end of the Eisenhower admin how many nukes were in the US possession

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22,000

61
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what is civil defense

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duck/cover and bomb shelters; what to do in case of nuclear attack

62
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what happened when hungary tried to get out of the warsaw pact

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USSR sent in troops to crush the rebellion

63
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when did stalin die

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1954

64
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who was stalin’s successor

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Nikita Kruschchev

65
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when was Stalin’s incompatible speech?

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1946

66
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when was the iron curtain speech?

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1946

67
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who gave the iron curtain speech

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churchill

68
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who broke the Yalta agreement and what did they do

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USSR; stalin prosimed Roosevelt that he’d allow free elections in Poland but in july 1945 he broke that agreement

69
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what does HUAC stand for

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House UnAmerican Activities Committee

70
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what did the HUAC do

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investigate possible communist influence inside and outside of govt but famous for investigating hollywood

71
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describe blacklisting

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a blacklist is a list of ppl Hollywood executives condemned for having a communist background. those blacklisted had their careers ruined and could no longer work

72
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what’s the McCarran Act

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unlawful to plan any action that might lead to the establishment of totalitarian dictatorships in US. it was vetoed Truman but Congress over ruled his veto

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