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When was the Tehran conference ?

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1943

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When did trade resume between the USA and USSR?

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1924

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What was the Grand Alliance ?

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The wartime alliance of the UK, USSR and USA

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When was the Yalta conference?

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February 1945

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Where would the USSR have a sphere of influence ???

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Eastern Europe

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What was established at Yalta ?

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The UN

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What was signed at Yalta?

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Declaration on Liberated Europe

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Which conference was attended in July 1945?

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Potsdam

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Which leaders changed while at the conference?

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Churchill had lost the general election to Atlee

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What concerns were raised?

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USSR taking reparations.

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What did they agree??

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German de nazifacation.

German disarment

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Where was the USAs sphere of influence?

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Western hemisphere, and some East Asia

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Why did tensions grow???

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Truman was an anti-communist.

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What did the Kennan telegram say.

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That the USSR wanted to spread its power.

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When was the USSR meant to withdraw from Iran ?

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March 1946

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When was churchills iron curtain speech ?

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March 1946

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What was the Marshall plan

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Idea to revise Capatalism through free market, and US investment.

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How much aid did Marshall plan offer ?

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13 billion dollars

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What was the Truman Doctrine??

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That the USA would fight communism everywhere

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How did Truman see the world?

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Views were Black and White

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Why did the USSR feel threatened ?

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They could not offer the same as Marshall Aid

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Which country became communist in 1945 ?

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Romania

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Why did Stalin tighten his grip over Eastern Europe.

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Marshall Aid

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Which country became communist in 1947 ?

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Hungary

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In 1948 what happened in Czechoslovakia?

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Communist coup

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How was Germany divided ?

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4 zones, for the USA, USSR, UK, France.

Berlin was split the same way.

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In 1947 what was created in Germany ?

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Trizonia is between western zones.

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Why did Stalin do in 1948?

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Berlin Blockade

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In 324 days how many tonnes of supplies went into West Berlin ?

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13,000

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What happened due to the blockade and airlift?

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Creation of West and East Germany

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What was NSC-68?

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National security council 68, which wanted more defence spending to combat communism, and advocated containment.

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Who controlled Korea before 1945?

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Japan

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Who ruled North Korea ?

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Kim Il Sung

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Who ruled South Korea ?

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Syngman Rhee

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When did North Korea invade the south ?

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June 25 1950

35
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Why was the Korean War a success for the US ?

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Contained communism, and had a reason to increase defence spending.

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What do orthodox historians believe about the start of the Cold War ?

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USSR started the war.

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What did the USA think that the USSR was promoting?

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World revolution.

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Which communist parties ran destabilisation campagins.

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French and Italian

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What was the end of war goal for the USA ?

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To have free markets for American goods.

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Why was the US in a position to shape the world?

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Light war losses. Only 0.9% of population.
Nuclear monoply.
Untouched homeland.

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What is the Revisonist point of view?

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That American capitalist aims started the Cold War.

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What is a strength of the view that ideologies started the Cold War.

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Differences went back to 1917.

Forgiven affairs seen in ideological terms.

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What is a weakness of the view that ideologies started the Cold War?

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Underestimate the leaders.

Underestimate the misinterpretation.

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What drove soviet affiars. ?

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Traditional Russian insecurity.

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How were the Soviet and Tsarist objectives the same?

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Want we to dominate Eastern Europe, for security.

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2 examples of American interventionism?

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The two world wars.

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Why did the world change for the Cold War.

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Multipolar system of pre war world changed, as the European powers, and Japan had expended their power fighting each other.

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What was the new world system.

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Bi-polar.

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Name a reason why FDR was naive at Yalta?

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Are many concessions.
Duped by Stalin.
Wrote of Eastern Europe.

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Why was FDR shrewd at Yalta?

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Realised the position of the soviets.
Flexible over Poland.
Made sure the USSR entered the pacific war.m

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What was the percentages agreement?

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An agreement between Churchill and Stalin agreeing on influence in liberated Eastern Europe.

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Why was Stalin preoccupied on soviet security?

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Previous invasions of Russia.

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Name a mistake of stalins. ?

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Berlin blockade.

Korean War.

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What is the post revisonist view of the start of the Cold War ?

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That it was a series of misjudgement on all sides that lead to the Cold War.

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What is a strength of the post revisionist view ?

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Points out the complex nature of the Cold War

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