Crisis Of The Cold War Flashcards
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What is trizonia the name for?
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The UK usa’s and France’s sections of Germany combined
2
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What triggered the Berlin blockade
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Trizonia creating there own currency
3
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When did trizonia creat its own currency
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23rd of June 1948
4
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What did Stalin do during the Berlin blockade
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As Berlin was inside the soviet part of Germany he blocked off West Berlin which was trizonias section.
5
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What did Stalin want trizonia to do during the Berlin blockade
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Give up West Berlin
6
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When was the Berlin blockade and airlift?
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1948
7
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When did Stalin block off West Berlin
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24th June
8
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How did trizonia overcome the Berlin blockade?
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By flying goods into West Berlin via aircraft
9
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Name four results of the Berlin blockade
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Germany was now divide (with stronger boarders than before)
Iron curtain was permanent
Arms race began
In 1949 NATO was set up to resist communism
10
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In Korea before the war which side was communist and which side was not communist
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North Korea was communist
South Korea was not communist (not really capitalist though)
11
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Who led the communist section of Korea
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Kim il sung
12
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Who led the non communist side of Korea
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Synyman Rhee
13
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When did Kim il sung invade South Korea
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1950
14
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Which two countries backed North Korea
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Russia and China
15
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Who won in the first battle of the Korean War
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North Korea whom pinned the south Koran forces into a tiny part of South Korea which was a fraction of what they had at first
16
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How did the USA respond to North koreas attacks
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Asked the UN for troops
17
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When did the UN troops land in Korea?
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September 1950
18
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What effect did the UN troops have on the Korean War?
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It hey completely changed it they drove the North Korean troops back over their boarders
19
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Who responded to the North Korean troops being pushed back by the UN troops
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China and they used their troops to push the South Koreans back this meant that Koreans boarders were replaced back to what they used to be.
20
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When did president Eisenhower threaten China with nuclear weapons
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During the the Korean War in 1953
21
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In 1953 Stalin died who followed him
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Khrushchev
22
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What was kruschevs main main aim
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To prevent war
23
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Name two of kruschevs policies that were made to try and prevent war
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De-stalinisation
24
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Name three reasons why peaceful co existence didn’t work (5 if you can)
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Spread hopewhich led to anti communist rebellions in hungry etc Led to the arms race Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955 Space race Spying was at an all time high
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What two things started the Hungarian uprising
Hope from de-stalinisation
| Rakosi fell from power/ Nagy came into power
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When did rakosi fall from power
July 1956
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When did the Hungarians start their uprising and how did they do so?
October 1956 by attacking the secret police
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On which day did Nagy become leader of Hungary
October 24th 1956
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How long was hungry free for
Five days
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What action that Nagy took lead to krushchevs invasion of Hungary in 1956
Nagy said he would leave the Warsaw Pact
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Why was krushev so worried about Hungary leaving the Warsaw Pact
He thought it would lead to a domino affect of other countries leaving
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How many Hungarians died In the reveloution
4000
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How many Hungarians fled to Austria after the reveloution of 1956
200,000
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How did the ussr look after the Hungarian reveloution
Evil and scary
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How did the USA look after the Hungarian reveloution
Bad along with the west as they didn't help Hungary despite their pleads for help
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What was it coming up to before the U2 crisis
The Paris summit
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When was the U2 plane shot down
1st may 1960
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What did Eisenhower tell the Russians the plane was
A weather plane
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What did the Russians do to Gary powers
Tortured him and made him tell them it was a spy plane
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What did krushev demand after the U2 crisis
An apology from Eisenhower
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What happend after Eisenhower refused to apologise for the U2 spy plane
Krushev left the Paris summit
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What happened to Eisenhower due to the U2 crisis
Wasn't re elected
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What was a consequence of the fact that the Paris summit didn't go ahead
Berlin wasn't talked about and therefore the Berlin Wall was built
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Why did the USSR build the Berlin Wall
Because 2000 people fled East Berlin every day
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What did krushchev ask before he built the Berlin Wall
That trizonia left West Berlin
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What date was the wall built on
August 13th 1961
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What happened to escapes of the Berlin Wall
Shot immediately or imprisoned
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Why was the Berlin Wall good for the USA
They made a lot of propaganda from it for example kennedys "ich bin ein Berliner" speech
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When did the USA position missiles in Turkey
April 1962
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When did fidel Castro take power of Cuba
1959
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How far is Cuba from USA
90 miles
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What did Castro stop in Cuba
American businnses
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What did the USA stop doing in retaliation to fidel castros stoping of American businnses
Stop buying their sugar
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Who did Cuba turn to when the USA stopped buying their sugar
Ussr who promised to buy a million tons a year
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When was the bay of pigs
April 1961
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What was the bay of pigs
When the USA invaded Cuba it failed badly
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When did Castro ask the ussr for weapons?
September 1961
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When did Kennedy go on TV to talk of the threat
22nd October 1962
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What did Kennedy do to stop the Russian ships giving weapons to Cuba
Put in place a naval blockade
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What did krushchev see the naval blockade as during the Cuban Missile crisis
An act of war, both start to prepare
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What did Kennedy suggest to krushchev to stop the Cuban missile crisis
USA to move weapons out of turkey if ussr moves out of Cuba
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How was Kennedy seen after the Cuban missile crisis
A hero
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What happened to krushev in 1964 partially due to his involvement in Cuban missile crisis
He stepped down
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What did china do in response to the Cuban missile crisis
Brake off communication with ussr
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What was set up between the two leaders after the Cuban Missile crisis
A hotline
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What treaty was set up after the Cuban missile crisis
Nuclear test ban treaty
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Where is Prague?
Czechoslovakia
68
What caused the Prague spring
People were complaining
Brezhnev didn't help novotny (Czech leader)
Dubcek came to power in 1968
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What were dubceks promises?
To allow freedom of speech
| To allow free elections
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What did dubcek want to carry on doing
Being a member of the Warsaw Pact
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Why did Brezhnev get suspicious of dubcek
Because dubcek was having talks with general toto who was leader of Yugoslavia whom were free from Warsaw Pact
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How many troops invaded Czechoslovakia during Prague spring?
500,000
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When was Czechoslovakia invaded during Prague spring?
20 august 1968
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How did the Czechs fight back?
The used peaceful methods such as putting flowers in tanks
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What was the name of the man who set himself on fire in protest when Czechoslovakia was invaded
Jan palack
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How does Russia look after the Prague spring invasion
Ruthless
| Cruel
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What was the period of dentente
Where the super powers agreed to ease tensions
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When was the nuclear proliferation treaty formed
1968 part of the detente period
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What was significant about table tennis in 1971?
The us team played the china team
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Who was allowed to join the UN during the detente period
China
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Who visited china during the time of detente
Nixon
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What does SALT stand for
Strategic arms limitations talks
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Which two space crafts docked during detente
A USA and ussr space ships
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What were the three causes of detente period?
The Vietnam war
Expense of arms race
Oil
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Name four reasons why the detente wasn't so effective
Neither side slowed nuclear weapon development
Neither side stuck to salt 1
Only propaganda
Fake
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When was the U2 plane crisis started
1st of May (2weeks before the French summit)
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Who was flying the U2 plane over Russia
Gary powers
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What type,of missile shot down the U2 plane
A Sam 2 missile
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What did Khrushchev do in response to the U2 plane crisis
Refuse to attended the Paris summit without a U.S. Appology
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What policy was effectively ended by the U2 spy plane crisis
Peaceful co existence
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What did Eisenhower say the U2 plane was
A weather plane
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What did the USA increase post U2 spy plane crisis
Spying and military spending
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When was the CRUDE Berlin Wall built and what was it built of
13th August 1961
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When was the Berlin Wall built up into a full on wall
16th August 1961
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When did the U.S. And ussr have a tank stand off and? Where? And for how long
27th October 1961
Checkpoint Charlie
18 hours
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Give 4 reasons for the building of the Berlin Wall
East Berlin was embarrassing for ussr
2 million people left East Berlin since it was formed "brain drain"
Intimidate the USA
Soviets said Berlin Wall was a central hub of us espionage
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What were the success of the Berlin Wall
Improved the economy
East Germany's economy improved
Reduced tensions
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What did the Berlin Wall make the USSR seem like
They had given up on Berlin
| Brutal -41 people shot in first year for trying to escape
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Why was the Berlin Wall good for the USA
Created a useful platform for propaganda eg " Ich bin ein Berliner "
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How many nuclear war heads did the USA own by 1955
2000
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What are icbm's
Intercontinental Ballistic missiles
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When was the nuclear test ban treaty signed
1963
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Give three reasons for the arms race
Each couldn't be behind the other in case of war
Detterence
Superiority
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What was the first satellite in space
Sputnik
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How did a dog get to space
Sputnik 2
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When and who was the first man in space
12 th April yuri Gagarin
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What did Kennedy tell nasa they had to do
Put a man in the moon by the end of the 1960's
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When did Neil Armstrong get on the moon
21st July 1969
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When did Fidel Castro overtake Cuba
1959
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Cuba started trading .... With ..... For .....
Sugar
USSR
Oil
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What was the USAs reaction to the Cubans trading with the Russians
They stopped trading with Cuba
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When was the bay of pigs
April 1961
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How many troops did the usa send to Cuba for the bay of pigs
1400
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Because the .... Won the bay of pigs .... Was .....
Cubans
Kennedy
Humiliated
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How far is Cuba from the USA
160km
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When did the USA put a naval blockade around Cuba
22nd October 1962
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Khrushchev offered to remove his nuclear weapons if...
Kennedy removed his from Turkey and promised not to invade Cuba
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When did Khrushchev agree to kennedys proposition to keep the removal of Turkish missiles secret
28th October 1962
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Why did the USSR put nuclear weapons in Cuba
To intimidate
Make new allies
As a bargaining chip
Khrushchev was accused of being weak
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Why was Kennedy seen as a hero after the Cuban missed crisis
People belived that he single handedly prevented a nuclear war
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What was improved after the Cuban missile crisis
Communication a hot line was put in place between the super powers
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Which side was relived that the Cuban missile crisis didn't end in war
Both
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Who came to power in 1968 in Czechoslovakia
Alexander dubcek
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Name as many things as you can that dubcek wanted to change and improve
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Freedom of speech
Rescuing censorship
Allow opposition parties
Allow travel
Improve trade with west
Improve human rights
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What did dubcek tell Brezhnev he didn't want to do
Leave the Warsaw Pact
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What did brehnev bring into action at the time of Prague spring
The Brezhnev doctrine
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Describe the Brezhnev doctrine
If one communist country starts to become capitalist all the other have the responsibility to prevent that from happening
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When was the Brezhnev docteine signed
3rd August 1968
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How many troops did Brezhnev send to Czechoslovakia
500,000
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Give the name and date of three events that showed detente
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SALT agreements (1 (1972)and 2)
Handshake in space (1975)
Helsinki conference (1975)
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131
Guven as many reasons as you can why detente came about
20% of soviet spending was on arms
Vietnam war crippled America
Vietnam humiliated America
Brezhnev wanted to improve peaceful coexistence
East was becoming poorer and needed to trade with the west
USSR fell out with China is needed new allies
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Give three reason why detente failed
Afhanistan
Salt 1 agreements ignored
Ronald Reagan became leader and was anti communist
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Why did the USSR invade afhanistan
Provided a land route to oil fields
To over take more Asian counties
Islamic Revolution threatened Afghanistan
USSR claimed the afghans asked for help
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How long did the afghan war last
10 years
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How did the USA respond to the afghan war
Boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980
Threat to international peace
Sent 1800 troops to Pete t Arbain oil
