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what were the main political and economic features of the USA?

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  • it had a democratic system of government. The president and congress were chosen in free elections
  • it had a capitalist economy
  • The USA was the worlds wealthiest government, but under capitalism there were always great contrasts- some people were very rich and some were very poor
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what was isolationism?

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staying out of world affairs

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who was the USA willing to help?

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countries that wanted democratic states and capitalist economies

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name 3 features of the USSR’s communist state

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  • people could vote in elections for the council but not the communist party (really the council had no real power)
  • peoples lives were closely controlled. The rights of individuals
  • it had a planed economy. Government owned all industry and planned what every factory should produce
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what had happened by may 1948?

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all eastern European countries had been communised

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what countries had been communised?

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Bulgaria, Albania, Poland, Romania and Hungary who were all opponents of communism

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who was the leader of Yugoslavia?

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tito

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how did tito stop from giving in to the USSR and communism?

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he cut off any type of support from the USSR

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what division was announced to be the iron curtain and who by?

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the east and western Europe by Churchill

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what was the coniform and comecon?

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the trading alliance of communist countries

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what were the countries that became reliable on the USSR called?

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satellites

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what were the 2 movements called in greece after the war?

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the communist and the royalists

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what were royalists?

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people who wanted the king to be a ruler

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who was in charge after the war in greece?

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royalists

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how did the USA help prevent greece from becoming a communist country?

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by providing them with arms, supplies and money

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when were the communists defeated in Greece?

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in 1949 after a civil war

17
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what was the Truman doctrine?

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a policy that announced America would not return to isolationism
and the aim was to contain communism (containment)`

18
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how did the Truman doctrine aid both Turkey and Greece?

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the USA provided military and economic aid

19
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what did Truman believe helped the spread of communism?

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poverty and hardship

20
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who was the US secretary of state?

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George Marshall

21
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what was the Marshall aid/plan?

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a European recovery programme

22
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why did the marshall plan cause tension?

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only 16 European countries accepted it and these were all western states
Stalin rejected it and banned the eastern European countries to accept it

23
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what was the Eastern country called that accepted Marshall aid?

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Czechoslovakia

24
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what forced Czechoslovakia to become communist?

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marches and protests took place which caused non communist ministers to resign and minister Jan was probably murdered

25
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how did France, Britain, USA and the USSR feel about rebuilding Germany?

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France were unsure
Britain and the USA wanted to help so they could maintain future peace
the USSR did not want to help them

26
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how was Germany split?

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France, Britain and the US linked to form western Germany which was very successful whereas Stalin formed east Germany which was poverty stricken

27
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what did Stalin do to Berlin?

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blocked it off from western territory because he thought that western Germany was going to attack

28
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what happened by May 1949?

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the barricades were lifted

29
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what did the USA decide to do with the crisis?

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they decided to airlift supplies to western Berlin

30
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what happened in Germany in may 1949?

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the soviet union became known as the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

31
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what did western Germany become known as in august 1949?

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the federal republic of Germany

32
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what was cominform?

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an alliance of communist countries created by Stalin in 1947

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