RED SCARE:COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES (3) Flashcards

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What was the Soviets doing that convinced Americans they wanted world domination?

A

–)The events of 1949-50

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Who were the Soviet Union providing support for?

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Communist in the Chinese civil war AND North Korea in its attempts to take over South Korea

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Who won the Chinese civil war?

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Despite SUBSTANTIAL US support, Chinese communist WON and took control of China in 1949

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What else happened in the events of 1949-50?

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Communist uprisings in the Philippines and burma

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What happened in the 1950’s in South Korea?

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Communist North Korea tried taking over capitalist South Korea

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What did the US do in reaction of North Korea?

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Persuaded United Nations to send military help to South Korea, UN forces came from 15 diff countries but most American

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7
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Who was North Korea supported by?

A

SU

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What did the United Nation troops manage to do?

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Push North Korea back BEYOND its original border,

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How did China react to the United Nations actions?

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Threatened and provoked China into joined the NvS Civil War and pushed UN forces back to the original border

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10
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When did the US successfully test their atomic bomb?

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–) 1945 US successfully tested atomic bomb

–) And dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in August

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Why might have the actions of the US in testing the atomic bombs seem threatening to the soviets?

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Despite being allies the soviets were not told that the US was developing this technology,

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How did Stalin react to the devastation that happened in Japan?

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—)Stalin immediately boosted the Soviet atomic research programme with money and scientists to develop own Atomic bomb quickly

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13
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When did the Soviet Union successfully tested out their own atomic bomb?

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On August 1949

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14
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How did the US react to the Soviet atomic bomb?

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Shocked and afraid their biggest enemy now had a weapon of mass destruction

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