Examen 1 Parcial Flashcards
After world war 2 how many casualties were there
50 million
When and what was the truman doctrine?
1947 it was money over communism
How was the cold war fought
It was fought with propaganda, economic war,diplomatic haggling, and military clashes
How was the cold war
It was a latent war but never declared between Russia and USA
Josef stalin was?
Socialist
What was the marshall plan?
Rebuild your city over communism
What was the COMECON
Response to USA council for mutual economic assistance it failed because they couldn’t provide much financial aid
Germany was divided in 4, just like berlin
France, USA, Great Britain, USSR
Berlin and Bonn characteristics
Berlin: German Democratic Republic “USSR”
People were free to wander
It was comunist
Bonn?
It was the republic of Germany or West Germany “USA, GB, France”
This part worked better it was nicer and cleaner
What happened in 1949
Russia’s first nuclear war
China became Communist “Mao Tse Tung= Dictator”
Afraid of Asia attacking the “NATO” was born
Communist made their own called “The Warsaw Pact”
What happened when stalin died
Nikita Hrushev took control in 1955
When was the Berlin war built?
In 1961
What was the Air Lift
Drop supplies to communist part by air wit air planes
Explain the cuban missile crisis
1962 nikita was happy that cube turned to communism so they brought missiles pointing to USA
Agreement for the missile crisis
USA: USSR boat go back and take the missiles out.
USSR: Cuba is all theirs “Guantanamo” no one leaves
What was the domino theory in Vietnam
If we let them become communist it may have a domino effect!
In the Vietnam war who wanted war and who didn’t and who won
President from other places”
Lyndon B Johnson- war!
Richard Nixon - peace! He won
Explain the vietnam war
The north which was communist wanted to conquer the south which was Republic and which was in help of the USA
What was the name of the treaty that stopped the Vietnam war?
Armisticia
What was the water gate gate scandal and what were their consequences
A seemingly random robbery at Washington DC building lead to the first presidential resignation in American history
When was the WW1
1914-1917
What coin did the Russian Federation used
Ruble
When was the czar revolution
At the end of WW1 in 1917
What was the 5 year plan and when was it implemented
Produce low quality products to boost economy
1950
It worked and boosted it by a 40%
What happened in the czar revolution?
Lennin which was communist ended his presidency so in the elections it was trotsky vs stalin and stalin won
What was the scorched-earth
It was about burning houses and stuff that the enemy could use in their favor
What was happening in Russia with the literacy and scientific work
They were ruled by the state
When was Russia testing hydrogen bombs
In 1953
What did Nikita Khrushchev did with stalin
He condemned him to dead
What was the De-Stalinization
Remove the more ruthless policies of stalin
What was the religion in Russia
Russian Orthodox
Major trading partners of Russia
Germany and Bieloru
Who participated in the cold war?
USA VS USSR they never really declared war
When did the USSR invaded czchecoslovakia
In 1968 in the Prague spring
When was the velvet revolution
In 1989
When was krushev out
In 1964
When did the USSR invaded Afghanistan ?
1979 Afghanistan was helped by the USA
When did the talibans ruled Afghanistan
In 1989
When did mijail Gorbachev wanted to stop the cold war
In 1985
When was the Chernobyl disaster
In 1986
What did the glasnot meant
Transparency
What happened to gorbachev
He was kidnapped because the politburo didn’t want to give away their privileges
What did the population did about Gorbachev
They marched and asked for him to come back in 1989
What happened when the politburo failed
They were putted into jail
When gorbachev came back what happened
He resigned the candidate elections
When and why did Russia economically collapsed
1991 they didn’t know how to do it with out communism
What 15 republics were lost between 1991 and 1993
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus Moldova Ukraine Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Russia
How many wars did chechnnya had
2 wars and they lost both
Terrorist attacks in Chechnya
2000 subway
2002 theater
2004 school beslan
When did USA used Russia’s help
2001 9/11 USA vs Afghanistan
Types of terrorism
Nationalism
Seek to find a separation of a state from their own national group
Religious
Seek to use violence to further what they see as divenly commanded purposes
State-Sponsored
Deliberately used by radical states as foreign policy tools
Independence of USA
1776-1783
Treaty of paris
Who made the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Who made the Bill of Rights
George Washington
When was the civil war
1861-1865
North vs south
It was to abolish slavery
When was the Great Depression
1929
Lending money
When was the twin towers
September 11 2001
