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Cold War assesment 1 Dates and Facts Flashcards

1
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What year was Tehran

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1943

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2
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When was Yalta

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February 1945

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3
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When was Potsdam

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August 1945

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4
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When was the Iron curtain speech

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March 1946

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5
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What year were the telegrams

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1946

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6
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When was the Truman Doctrine announced

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March 1947

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7
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When was the Marshal plan announced

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June 1947

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8
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What year was comecon

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1949

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9
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What year was cominform

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1947

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10
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When did trizonia unite

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1948

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11
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When did the Berlin blockade begin

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June 1948

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12
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When did the Berlin Blockade end

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May 1949

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13
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When was nato formed

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1949

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14
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When was the warsaw pact created

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1955

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15
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When was the first USSR A-Bomb test

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1949

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16
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When was the first us Hbomb test

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1952

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17
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When was the first USSR hbomb test

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1953

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18
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When was the first Us ICBM launch

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1957

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19
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When was the First USSR ICBM launch

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1957-months after the US launch

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20
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How much money did the Marshall plan pour into europe

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12 billion

21
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What was the peak cargo shippage month in Operation vittles

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Jan- 170,000 tonns

22
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When was the Soviet-Chinese Treaty of alliance signed

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1950

23
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When was the Federal Republic of Germany formed

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May 1949

24
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When was the German democratic republic formed

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Oct 1949

25
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International Causes of the Hungarian Uprising

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  • Khruschev’s destalinisation led to prosperity amongst some satellite states
  • cominform was abolished
  • The 1956 uprising in Poland wasn’t condemned as they wanted to run an independent COMMUNIST state.
26
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National Causes for the Hungarian uprising

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  • The brutal stalinist Rakosi was head of hungary, his regime was unpopular amongst hungarians
  • Khruschev allowed for the more liberal Imre Nagy to replace him
  • In november 1956, Nagy announced the hungarian withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact
27
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Why did khruschev intervene?

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  • If hungary were allowed to leave, other countries may follow suit
  • to make an example of hungary
  • Khruschev was keen to show that his role as head of state was not to be underestimated
28
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How many tanks rolled into Hungary

A

1000

29
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How many hungarians were killed in the uprising

A

20,000

30
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Who replaced Nagy as head of hungarian state

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Kadar

31
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Hungary’s consequences

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-The US had been made to look weak and incompetent, they did not carry through with the Truman Doctrine despite request from hungary.
-khruschev proved not to be a liability
The us called this an example of Soviet Imperialism
-The UN attempted to interceed but nothing came of it

32
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What did stalin call the marshall plan an example of

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Dollar Imperialism

33
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What was agreed at Tehran

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The Alliance would open a second front
Germany was to remain weak post ww2
The USSR would declare was on Japan after VE-day
An international body should be formed to setlle dispute

34
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What was agreed at Yalta

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Germany would be divided into Four sectors
It would pay 20BLN in reparations
Stalin agreed future eastern countries would be democratic
Poland would be restored to its 1921 borders

35
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What was agreed at potsdam

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Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4
The ussr would have a 1/4 of each sectors industries as it was the poorest
However truman largely opposed the influence that the soviets had pn eastern europe, cracks in the alliance started to form

36
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What did the novikov telegram say

A

The US were out for world domination and the ussr was the last threat to their power after ww2
The Us no longer wanted to co operate with stalin

37
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What did the long telegram say

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Stalin wanted to destroy capitalism and the us government shouldnt appease him

38
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What did the iron curtain speech outline

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The soviet union was a threat to world freedom

It was also representative of trumans views as live broadcats had to be cleared with him

39
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What did the truman doctrine say

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The us was the leader in the contianment of communism, any country who asked for economic or military aid in the fight against domestic and foreign communist threats would receive it.

40
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What did cominform allow stalin to do

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Give direct moscovian orders to the satellite states

41
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What did comecon encourage and discourage

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Encouraged intra-statellite trade
Discouraged Extra-satellite trade
Also offered economic aid to S states

42
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What caused the unification of West german zones

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Agreement on germany’s reinstitutionalisation was scarce
Soviets wanted germany to pay heavy reparations but the other parties ecouraged a rebuilding of the german economy

In decmeber 1947 talks stopped as the soviets stormed out

43
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What happened after the soviets stormed out of talks about germany

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The western zones united germany and berlin to form trizonia and united their economy under the deutchsmark

This really marked the divide

44
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Why was stalin so angry about west german unification

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It meant that the west was ganging up on the east

45
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Why did stalin allow the blockade to continue for a year

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If he shot down the civilian planes, he would look like the agressor

46
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Consequences of The Berlin blockade

A 
FRG forms
GDR forms
Nato forms
Warsaw Pact forms
True final, military and political seperation of europe
47
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When did imre nagy announce he was leaving the warsaw pact

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3 November 1956

48
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When did imre nagy become leader of hungary

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24 october 1956

49
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When did soviet tanks invade hungary

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4 november

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