colonial policy-egypt and the suez crisis Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
Q

what contries were involved in the suez crisis

A

usa
ussr
br
france
egypt
israel

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2
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what did the us want to protect in egypt and how did they aim to do this

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capitalism and oil
giving £70 mill in aid to build the aswan dam

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3
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what did the ussr want to do in egypt

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promote communism
assist the post colonial state

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4
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what did the ussr pledge with egypt in 1955

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to supply military arms in return for cotton and rice

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5
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what did france want to do in egypt

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protect north african empire
re-establish dominance in international relations

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6
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what did britan want to do in egypt

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maintain control over canal
overthrow nasser
maintain baghdadpact

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7
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why did israel get involved in egypt

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protect from future holocausts
punish egypt for giving palestinian guerrillas a base

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8
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when was the anglo-egyptian treaty

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1936

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9
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what were the terms of the anglo egyptian treaty

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br allowed to keep 10,000 in canal zone and maintains control in aden and influence in cyprus and iraq

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10
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what does king farouk of egypt do in 1951

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renounces the anglo egyptian treaty as he wants br to leave

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11
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when does nasser launch his sucsessfull coup

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january 1952

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12
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who is eden

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foreign secretary of britain

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13
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what does eden do after the coup and why

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opens negotiations to get nasser on br side

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14
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what is agreed with nasser in 1953

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br agrees to stage a program of sudanese independence

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15
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what does br agree with nasser in 1954

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a phased withdrawal of br troops from canal zone over 20 months

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16
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what does egypt promise br in 1954

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free access to canal
maintenance of former bases in occupational condition
respect the independence of the suez company

17
Q

when is the badhdad pact formed

18
Q

who was in the baghdad pact

A

turkey
pakistan
iraq
br
persia

19
Q

what was the purpose of the badhdad pact

A

to repel soviet threat in middle east

20
Q

what was nasser’s responce to the baghdad pact

A

refused to join and pressured jordan not to join

21
Q

what does nasser do in may 1956

A

recognise communist china going against containment

22
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what does the ussr offer egypt in june 1956

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1,120,000,000 at 2% intrest rate for the dam

23
Q

what happened in egypt july 1956

A

us withdraws financial aid
nasser nationalised canal causing crisis

24
Q

how did br and france want their plan to look

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isreal attacks egypt
be and france step in
separate warring countries
br and france return the canal to their control

25
what was the real intentions of be and france for the attack
be and france would capture the canal isreal would cross the sinai peninsula in a land grab
26
what actually happend in the crisis
br and france invade w paratroopers and airstrikes + isreal thrusts forward
27
what was the us responce to the crisis
put financial pressure on br to quit and threaten isreal with economic sanctions
28
what did bulganin (foreign secretary of ussr) do in response to the crisis
threatened to use icbm on br and isreal
29
what did saudi arabia do as a result of the crisis
cut back br oil supply
30
after the crisis what did br france and isreal do
withdraw from canal zone isreal returned gaza strip to egyptian control
31
what did the un do in the crisis
put a peace keeping force to cover sinai peninsula
32
what was the result of the crisis for egypt
diplomatic win
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how is the crisis seen for br
last fling of the empire as it was a humiliating defeat