Cold War - Transformation + Detente Flashcards
1
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Berlin Wall reason
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- brain drain
- by 1961, 2,000 leaving every day
- made communism look bad, propaganda
- changed balance of power
2
Q
Berlin Wall significance
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- showed divisions were still heavily entrenched
- reduced potential for co-op
- however the possibility of war was decreased
- no retalliation from US
3
Q
cuban revolution
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- in 1959
- fidel castro took over and angered usa by increasing taxes on imported american items
- castro signed trade agreement with ussr
4
Q
bay of pigs
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- 1961 : attempted invasion by anti-castro rebels
- usa humiliated and pushed cuba closer to ussr
5
Q
cuban missle crisis
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- oct 1962 : american spy planes found missile bases in cuba
- 90 miles away from us coast
- us naval blockade for 14 days in response
- brink of nuclear war
6
Q
cuban missle crisis - significance
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- communism was in usa sphere of influence
- changed power balance
- increased suspicion
- first direct confrontation
7
Q
dubcek reforms in czechoslovakia
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- travel to west made easier
- border with west germany reopened
- industry became decentralised
- freedom of speech and opposition parties allowed
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