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What happened at the Yalta Conference?

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Feb. 1945 (Stalin,Churchill, Roosevelt)

1) Agreed to divide Germany into 4 zones between French, British, USA, and Soviet Union
2) Stalin promised to give Eastern Europe countries free elections

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When was the United Nations established?

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June 1945

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What were the major goals of the Soviet Union?

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1) Shield itself from another invasion from the West

2) Spread communism

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What was the major goal of the US?

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To spread democracy/capitalism

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What happened at the Potsdam Conference?

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July 1945

1) Stalin said he was not going to allow free elections in East Europe
2) Declares that communism and democracy cannot exist in the same world

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What was the East of Germany called?

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German Democratic Republic

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What was west Germany called?

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Federal Republic of Germany

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What was the US foreign policy?

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Containment

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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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Gave US aid and support to any country that resists and reject communism

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What was the Marshall Plan?

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Assistance aid program to rebuild Europe

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When did the Berlin Airlift occur?

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1948 for 11 months

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What were two rival alliances formed during the Cold War?

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1) NATO(N Atlantic Treaty Organization) led by US, Canada, and W Europe
2) Warsaw Pact led by Soviet Union and E Europe

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What are H-bombs?

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Hydrogen bombs thousand times stronger than atomic bombs

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Who launched the first launch spy planes in 1960?

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USA

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Who launch the first unmanned satellite in space (Sputnik) in 1958?

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Soviets

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Who created the first ICBM(intercontinental ballistic missile) in 1957?

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Soviets

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What happened in 1969 in the space race?

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The USA put the first man on the moon

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Who is the leader off Cuba when the communists took over in 1959?

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Fidel Castro

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What was the Berlin Wall?

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In 1961 the soviets built a wall over night because thousands of young and talented people were fleeing to the West. It was over 87 miles long. “Iron curtain”

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What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

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It was an approved invasion by John F. Kennedy to overthrow the communist Cuba CIA trained exiles

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Who is Nikita Khrushchev?

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Soviet in charge of the Cuba Missile Crisis in Cuba

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Who was assassinated in 1963?

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John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald

23
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Who led communist in China?

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Mao Zedong

24
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After the Chinese Civil War Nationalist were forced to flee to where?

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Taiwan “Free China”

25
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What was the “Great Leap Forward”?

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An attempt to move China from an agrarian society to an industrial one

26
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What was the cultural revolution?

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It got rid of the four olds and attacked against certain groups

27
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What were the four olds?

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  • Ideas
  • Culture
  • Customs
  • Habits
28
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Who was attacked during the Cultural Revolution?

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1) Intellectual
2) Industrialists
3) Western religion

29
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Who were red guards?

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Former high school and college students who formed military units

30
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What happened in Tiananmen Square?

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1989 it was a protest be student demonstrations in Beijing demanding the government to move towards a democratic government

31
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What was the Korean War known as?

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The forgotten war

32
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Why was Korea divided by the 38th parallel?

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The US occupied the south one Soviet the north

33
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How did the Korean War begin?

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When the US pulled their troops out of South Korea, the north invaded so the South asked the United Nations for help

34
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Who was first in charge of stopping the North Korean invasion?

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Douglas McArthur

35
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Who led the revolt against the French in Vietnam?

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Ho Chi Minh

36
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What did the US fear during the Vietnam war?

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The Domino theory that the rest of SE Asia would fall to communism

37
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Who was a brutal dictator in the south of Vietnam?

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NGO Dinh Diem

38
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What is Vietcong?

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Communist guerrilla in opposition to Diem

39
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What were two problems in the Vietnam war?

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1) Fighting guerrilla warfare in unfamiliar territory

2) S Vietnamese government was unpopular

40
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What was the counter culture that popped up?

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Hippies or flower children “make love not war” “draft dodgers”

41
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What were doves?

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Anti war

42
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What were hawks?

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Pro war

43
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Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

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The leader of the Civil Rights Movement

44
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What does SNCC stand for?

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

45
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What did Freedom riders do?

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Fought segregation on public transportation

46
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Where did Martin Luther have his “I have a dream” speech?

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Washington DC March in 1963

47
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Who gets the Civil Rights Act passed?

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President Lyndon Johnson

48
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What was Freedom Summer of 1964?

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Attempt to get African Americans to register to vote

49
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What was “Bloody Sunday”?

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A peaceful march attacked by the police in Selma, Alabama?

50
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What are the results of Bloody Sunday?

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

51
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Who is the leader of the Nation of Islam?

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Malcolm X

52
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Who was the leader of the Black Panther movement?

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Shockley Carmichael

53
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Where was Martin Luther assassinated?

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1968 in Memphis, Tennessee by James Ray Jones

54
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Why was the Civil Rights movement important?

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1) Established the idea that discrimination was unjust and no longer be tolerated
2) Finally brought us closer to principles that our nation was founded upon

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