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The 1960s and the Cold War Flashcards

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What was the decade of 1960s known as?

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This decade was known as the decade of radical change on a global scale. Young people began to think differently and question their world and circumstances on all levels.

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Define human rights

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The basic human rights and freedoms that belong to every person.

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Define civil society

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Community of citizens linked by a common interest and collective activity

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Define Civil disobedience

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Refusal to comply with certain laws in a peaceful manner

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Define protest

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A public expression of objections or disapproval of something

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Name 5 movements from the 1960s

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  1. The Student movement
  2. Women’s Liberation movement
  3. Campaign for nuclear disarmament
  4. Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations
  5. Civil rights movement
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Explain the Student Movement

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Students all around the world disagreed with the status quo

Against materialistic mindset and against the plight of black people and women

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Explain the Women’s liberation movement

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This movement fought for the liberation of women and sought for equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women.

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Explain the campaign for nuclear disarmament

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A campaign to limit the spread of nuclear weapons after the atomic bombs used in WWII

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Explain the Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations

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The Anti-Vietnam demonstrations were an attempt to put pressure on the US government to put an end to troops going and starting or engaging in a war in Vietnam

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Explain the Civil rights movement

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The civil rights movement fought social inequality and fought for AA to gain equal rights under the law in the United States

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What events happened in South Africa 1960?

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  1. It was the peak of apartheid
  2. SA left the Commonwealth
  3. Sharpeville Massacre
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What was the Sharpeville massacre?

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The Sharpeville massacre happened in Sharpeville when 60+ black people were shot by white police officers for protesting against passbooks and for burning their passbooks outside a police station.

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When was the Berlin Wall constructed and what was it?

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The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961.

The wall was built after Germany was split. The wall split USA, Britain and Frances part of Germany (West Germany) from the USSR’s part of Germany (East Germany). You could not enter east Germany from the west and could not exit east Germany.

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What else happened in 1961 concerning the USSR?

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The Soviets sent Yuri Gagarin to space.

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What events happened in 1962?

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  1. John Glenn- first man to orbit the earth 3 times
  2. Cuban Missile Crisis-the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. Political and military standoff between USA and USSR.
  3. Peter Fchter killed for trying to escape over Berlin Wall
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What events happened in 1963?

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  1. Betty Friedman wrote The Feminine Mystique
    ~sparked second wave of feminism. Promoted equity, equality and inclusivity.
  2. MLK Jr
    ~I Have A Dream speech in Washington
  3. JFK
    ~assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
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What events happened in 1964?

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  1. Beatles take the world by storm

2. Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment

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What events happened in 1965?

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  1. Malcom X assassination
  2. Los Angeles riots (Watts rebellion)
  3. US troops in Vietnam, Operation Rolling thunder begins
    ~bombing operation to kill Vietnamese communist soldiers and bombed Vietnamese villages
  4. Beatles preform the first stadium concert in History
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What events happened in 1967?

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  1. Che Guevara killed
    ~him and Castro were directly responsible the liberation of Cuba
  2. Christ Barnard-heart transplant
  3. Black Panther Party formed
    ~you can jail a revolutionary but you can’t jail the revolution
  4. Svetlana Stalin flees to the east
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What events happened in 1968?

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  1. MLK Jr
    ~assassinated by James Earl Ray
  2. TET offensive & My Lai Massacre (Vietnam War)
  3. Massive student protests all over the world
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What events happened in 1969?

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  1. Neil Armstrong lands on the moon
  2. Steve Biko
    ~founded Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)
    ~founded South African Students Organisation (SASO)
    both promoted being proud to be black.
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What was the Cold War?

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An ideological war that did not involve direct conflict/fighting which took place between the Soviet Union and the USA and their respective allies, eastern bloc and western bloc, after WWII (geopolitical tension)

Communists vs Capitalists

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When did the Cold War start?

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1945

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What were the causes of the Cold War?

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  1. Russian revolution
  2. Nazi-Soviet pact
  3. Stalin calls doe second front
  4. Atomic bomb Hiroshima
  5. Churchill iron curtain speech
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What is NOW and who established it?

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National Organisation for Women started by Betty Friedan

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What is an ideology?

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How individual groups see aspects of society. Politics, economics, art and history

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Who is Harry S Truman?

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The former president of the USA

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What are satellite states?

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Countries which fell under the Soviet Union but were independent and individual countries.

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What was the Yalta conference (Feb 1945)?

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The conference where they agreed Germany and Berlin would be divided

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What was the Potsdam conference (1945)?

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A conference attended by Stalin, Attlee (who replaced Churchill) and Truman (replaced Roosevelt) where they spoke about how Germany and Berlin would be split

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What was the original plan discussed at the conference?

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Germany would be demilitarised, disarmed, denazified and had to pay reparations

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What was the iron curtain?

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The iron curtain was a political boundary which separated Europe into two separate areas at the end of WWII. The Soviet Union blocked itself and its satellite states from contact with the West and its allies.

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Who is Joseph Stalin?

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The former dictator of the USSR

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Who is Clement Attlee?

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The former minister of the United Kingdom

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