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Origins Of The Cold War Flashcards

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Main objective of the Tehran conference

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To decide germanys future;brits, america and germany wanted to split germany and re build it whilst ussr wanted reperations

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Main objectives of yalta conference

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  • Russia to help US defeat japan

- work for ‘democracy’ in europe

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Main objectives of potsdam conference

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  • Ban nazi party and prosecute war criminals
  • reduce size of germany
  • split germany into four zones
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When was the potsdam conference

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July 1945

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When was the yalta conference

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Feb 1945

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When was the tehran confernce

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Nov 1943

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Why did tensions rise after the tehran conference

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They disagreed about germanys future so caused tension

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When and what was the iron curtain speech?

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1946,churchill speech about stalin’s ideas on division and communism(ask usa for help)

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What did the truman doctine say?

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1947,

  • America should help countries resist communist take over with economic resources and troop
  • contain communism foreign policy(usa)
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What did the marshall plan hope to achieve

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  • Help europe recover

- make communism less attractive

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What was the impact of the marshal plan

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  • Ussr furious at us attempt to split europe
  • increased division europe
  • stalin againts it
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What was the comin forms aims and the date

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1947, control communist parties AND ENSURE LOYALTY OF EASTERN EUROPEAN GONVERMENTS

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WHAT WAS THE EFFETC OF THE COMINFORM

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CONSOLIDATE THE POWER OF THE USSR BY STAMPING OUT OPPOSITION

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WHAT WAS THE COMECON AND DATE

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1949, TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN EUROPE(STALINS ANSWER TO THE MARSHALL PLAN)

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WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE COMECON

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POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DIVISION OF EUROPE

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WHY HAD THE REFUGEE ISSUE IN BERLIN BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM FOR THE USSR BY 1957

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  • flow of refugee was humiliating

- many were skilled workers, important to the economy

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Name the four summit meeting between the years of 1959-61

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Geneva
Camp david
Paris
Vienna

18
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What was the result and date of the geneva?

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No real agreement but arrangments made for krushchev to visit USA

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What was the date and result of camp david

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1959, no solution but agreed further summit meetings

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What was the date and result of the paris summit

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1960, a disaster.

  • Krushchev storms out afte esinhower refused to say sorry about the u2 incident
  • repeats six month ultimatum
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What was the date and what was the result of the vienna

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1961 the last one, krushchev tries to exploit kennedy’s inexperience and repeats 6 month ultimtum

22
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When was the birlin wall built

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1961

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What was the birlin wall

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East german governemtn surrounded berlin with barbed wire and closed bores from east to west

24
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What was the date for when the berlin wall was exactly built

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15th august 1961

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How many people were killed form the berlin wall

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300 people who tried to cross it

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Whenw as the wall taken down

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November 1989

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Give 2 reasons for why the berlin wall was succeful

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  • Stopped the refugee problem

- it avoided war

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Give two reason for why the berlin wall was a fail

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Humiliating ussr as they had to build a wall just to keep easte egrmany in

29
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2 consequnces of the cuban missile criis

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  • All overground cuclear tests banned
  • made ussr more determines to catch up in arms race
  • hotline set up- communication between USSR and USA
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Results of the czech invasion

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  • Showed soviet comminment to protecting eastern bloc
  • unpopularity of soviet style control
  • no US military support
31
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What signalled the end of the cold war

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  • failure of communism in eastern europe

- gorbachev resigned and dissolved the ussr

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When was the helsimki conference

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1975

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What was the result of the helsinki conference?

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agreement on co-operation; -economy and trade

  • security
  • human rights
  • stabalised their relationship in europe
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When was the soviet invasion of afghanistan

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1979

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Why did USSR invade afghanistan

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-To support communist government

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What was the reaction of the US to the invasion of afghanistan?

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  • carter doctrine(USSR not take control of middle east)

- olympic boycott

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