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When was the Truman doctrine?

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March 12th 1947 created by President Harry Truman

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What did the Truman doctrine state

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America should help countries resist communist takeover with economic resources and troops if necessary

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What did Truman tell congress?

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It must be the policy of the united states to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure

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What was the grand alliance

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An alliance between us, Britain and the ussr to defeat Germany and japan

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Why was the Truman doctrine significant?

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It marked an official change in policy away from isolation, divided the world in terms of ideology and also showed that the grand alliance was finished

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What did Truman want to make clear?

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That the US should try and contain communism which becomes central to American foreign policy in the post war years

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Containment

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US actively work to stop expansion of communist influence through military and economic support.

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What was the Marshall plan

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A US initiative to provide massive economic aid to western Europe after ww2

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Impact of Marshall plan

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It was successful in revitalising the western European economic and contributing to the containment of communism

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When was Nato created?

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1949

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What does NATO stand for?

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North Atlantic treaty orginasition

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What was the agreement of Nato?

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If one member was attacked, all members would come to defend.

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Consequences of NATO

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It was clear to USSR that USA and Europe are trying to stand up to communism. Damaging relations between them.

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When did west Germany join NATO

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In 1955

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Consequences of W Germany joining NATO

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After W Germany joined NATO, let to USSR setting up the Warsaw pact

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When was the Warsaw pact created

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1955

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What did they call Rakosi?

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Mini stalin

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Why did they want to protest in hungary

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They were unhappy with communist rule and a low slandered of living

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Who did krushchev replace rakosi with?

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Imre Nagy

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What did Nagy introduce?

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He set up new government which included non communists, called free elections and announced hungarys withdrawal from the Warsaw pact

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When did Stalin die

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1953

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What did Khrushchev do to crush the Hungarian uprising?

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He sent the soviet army into Hungary to stop them leading Nagy arrested and executed

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What were the significant of the Hungarian Revolution.

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Khrushchev could use the force to maintain control if necessary
US offered food and medical aid but no military support
Us condemned USSR actions and this worsened relationships

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What happened in january 1959

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A group of revolutionaries led by fidel castro and che guevaura toppled the pro american government of cuba

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What did castro do first when he came into power in cuba?
Nationalised all buisnesses(US ones too), USA were furious and cut all of aid to cuba
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What did US cutting aid to CUBA lead too?
Cuba began making trade deals with the USSR, who saw all opportunity to gain an ally near USA
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When was the bay of pigs?
April 1961
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What was the deal with the soviet union and cuba
The ussr would buy sugar and provide economic aid Cuba would receive arms from the soviet union
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What did The CIA try doing in April 1961
They tried to overthrow Castro by staging an invasion of Cuba. 1400 cuban exiles were landed at the bay of pigs with CIA support
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Why did the bay of pigs fail?
Cuba mobilised all its forces and outnumbered the cuban exiles The invasion wasnt kept secret US involvement was known so they concealed air support
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Consequence of the bay of pigs for the US
It was very embarrassing for Kennedy and the US It was a bad start for Kennedys presidency
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Consequences of the bay of pigs for khrushcev
Khrushchev claims that it showed popularity of communism Led to stronger relations between cuba and soviet union
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Why was the bay of pigs good for Cuba?
It showed castro that the people of cuba were happy under his leadership Castro felt vunerable so he got soviet support Castro declared himself a communist
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Why did Khrushev place missiles in cuba?
Soviets were loosing the arms race so khrushchev needed to restore the nuclear balance USA was in threat now as theyre whole country could be missled easily
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Kennedys dilemas to the cuban missile crisis
Ignoring the missiles Get the UN involved Blockading Cuba Attacking cuba or air attacks
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How did the cuban crisis develop?
Kennedy blockaded cuba Us and soviet troops are now on high alert
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What happend in october 25th 1961
U5 spy planes reported increased building work at the missile launch sites
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What happened on the 26th october 1961
Kennedy recives a letter from khrushchev promising to remove the launch sites if the USA agrees to lift the blockade and not promises not to invade cuba
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27th october 1961
Khrushchev wirtes another letter stating he will remove the missiles of usa remove theres from turkey
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28th october 1961
Khrushchev agrees to the removal of all missiles on cuba and their return to the soviet union
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What was the 'hot line' in 1963
It was a direct teleprint between the Whitehouse and the kremlin
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What happened on august 1963?
The nuclear test ban treaty was created. This banned all nuclear tests except underground ones
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What did Kennedys speech in june 1963 mark
Beginning of détente
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Détente
A relaxation of tension between superpowers
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When did Brezhnev replace khrushchev?
In october 1964
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Why did soviet union invade Afghanistan?
They hoped to gain access to the oil rich middle wast if secured power of Adghanistan
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When did the soviet union invade?
Christmas day 1979
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What did the Carter doctrine involve?
President carter promised to stop the soviets from extending their influence towards the middle east
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How did the US help the middle eastern countries against the soviets
The cia Provided weapons and funds to Mujahadin- an islamic group that led the righting against the soviet union
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Why was the 1980 olympic boycott so significant?
USA boycotted the games with the help of 60 other countries in Moscow Clear sign that the relations were damaged between ussr and usa
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What did the USSR respond to theyre boycotts
They boycotted The los angeles olympics with the help of 14 communist countries
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What was the role of gorbachev (1985-91)
He realised that the soviet economy was nearly bankrupt. And wanted to fix it
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Glasnost
Openness(more freedom for people in the soviet states)
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Perestroika
Restructing of soviet exonomy
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Impact of the collapse of communism in E Europe 1989
Gorbachevs reforms(withdrawing troops) led to increased desire for more change and communists regimes across e Europe collapesed
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Fall of the berlin wall , november 1989
Hungarian communist gov collapsed This forced the E German gov to open the Berlin boarder
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What happened after 1985
Gorbachev encouraged glasnost and perestroika in other e European countries This is to save money, Gorbachev withdrew soviet troops from other countries in e europe
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When did the communist rule in e Europe collapse
1989
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What happened in September 1989
Hungary opened boarders with austria and e germany opened its boarders with austria
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What happened in nov 1989
Berliners tore down the wall Communist gov of e germany, czecheslovakia and bulgaria all resigned
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Dec 1989
Ceausescu,the romanian dictator was overthrown and shot
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Events of 1989 significance?
Collapse of communist gov across e Europe made it impossible for the warsaw pact to survive
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The end of the Warsaw pact significance?
It had formally divided Europe into two and its break up showed that the division between east and west had gone and the cold war was over

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