date then event- Truman Flashcards

1
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What occurred 1945?

A

Truman became president

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2
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What occurred July-August 1945?

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The Potsdam conference

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3
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What occurred August 1945?

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WW2 dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending WW2 in Asia

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4
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What occurred January-March 1946

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Soviets refused to withdraw presence from Iran after UN’s and Iran’s request. Eventually leave in March.

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5
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What happened February 1946?

A

Kennan’s Long Telegram

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6
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What happened March 1946?

A

Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech?

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7
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What happened May 1946?

A

West Germany stopped giving USSR reparations

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8
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What happened August 1946?

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Stalin wanted to redraw the Soviet boarder to he would have control of the straits and naval bases in Turkey

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9
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Summarise events of 1946

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January-March- Soviets refuse to leave Iran, UN intervenes

February- Kennan’s Long Telegram

March- Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech

May- West Germany stops giving USSR reparations

August- Stalin wanted to redraw Soviet boarder to gain control over straits and naval bases in Turkey

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10
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What happened January 1947?

A

Creation of Bizonia

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11
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What happened March 1947?

A

The Truman Doctrine

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12
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What happened June 1947?

A

The Marshall Plan

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13
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What happened September 1947?

A

Cominform/comecon

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14
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Summarise the events of 1947:

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January- Bizonia

March- Truman Doctrine

June- Marshall Plan

September- Cominform/Comecon

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15
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What were the events of 1948?

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June 1948- Deutsche Mark introduced and the Berlin Blockade

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16
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What happened April 1949?

A

Creation of NATO

17
Q

What events happened May 1949?

A

Berlin blockade ended by Stalin

FRG created

18
Q

What happened August 1949?

A

USSR successfully detonates an atomic bomb

19
Q

What events happened October 1949?

A

Communist Victory in the Chinese Civil War

GDR created

20
Q

Summarise the events of 1949

A

May- end of Berlin blockade and FRG created

August- USSR successfully detonated an atomic bomb

October- Communist victory in Chinese Civil war and GDR created

21
Q

What happened January 1950?

A

Acheson’s defensive perimeter

22
Q

What happened February 1950?

A

Sino-Soviet alliance

23
Q

What happened April1950?

A

NSC-68 created

24
Q

What events happened June 1950?

A

North Korea invades South Korea

UN intervention in Korea

25
Q

What happened November 1950?

A

Chinese intervention in Korean War

26
Q

Summarise the events of 1950

A

January- Acheson’s defensive perimeter

February- Sino-Soviet alliance

April- NSC-68

June- NK invades SK, UN intervention

November- Chinese intervention in Korean war

27
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What happened in September 1951?

A

San Francisco Peace Treaty