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The Origins Of The Cold War Flashcards

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What did the USA think about the USSR?

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Wanted to make the world Communist

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What did the USSR think about the USA?

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That they wanted to destroy Communism make every country capitalist

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What was caused after World War II?

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Suspicions between the USSR and the USA

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Which was the first meeting?

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Yalta

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When was Yalta?

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1945

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Who attended Yalta?

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Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

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What was going on during the time Yalta took place?

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The war

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8
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What was agreed at Yalta?

4 things

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Germany was to be divided, they would create the United Nations, the countries in Eastern Europe would hold free elections and the Nazi war criminals were to be punished

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What was the second meeting?

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Potsdam

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When was Potsdam?

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1945

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Who attended Potsdam after which event occurred?

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Attlee, Truman and Stalin after Hitler was defeated

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12
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Who fell out at Potsdam?

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Truman and Stalin

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During the time of Potsdam in 1945, what is Stalin doing and which agreement is he breaking?

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He is taking over Eastern Europe breaking the Yalta agreement

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14
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What does Truman threaten Stalin with?

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The atom bomb

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15
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What happens after Potsdam in 1945?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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The dropping of atomic bombs on Japanese cities by the USA

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17
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What does the dropping of the atomic bombs mean and do?

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It ends the Second World War but it was partly to scare the USSR and Stalin

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18
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What happened in Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1948?

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Soviet Expansion

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19
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How did Stalin take the countries in Eastern Europe and make them Communist?

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He used his armies

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20
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What did Stalin not allow countries to do and which countries were they?

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He didn’t allow them to have fair elections for example Poland and Czechoslovakia

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What did Stalin do which really angered the USA?

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He broke the agreement made at Yalta

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22
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How did Churchill describe the Soviet expansion which was dividing Europe?

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Like an Iron Curtain

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23
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When was the Truman doctrine?

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1947

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24
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Which countries does Truman help resist Communism?

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Turkey and Greece

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25
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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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A speech made by Truman

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26
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What does the Truman doctrine say but what does it actually mean?

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It promises to help in any country threatened by outside pressure but in reality this means communism

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How did the USSR see the Truman doctrine?

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As a declaration of war

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28
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What came after the Truman doctrine in 1948?

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The Marshall plan

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29
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When was the Marshall plan?

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1948

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30
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What did the Marshall plan mean the USA gave to Europe?

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$17 billion to solve Europe’s financial problems

31
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What was the Marshall plan designed for?

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To stop poverty and communism from spreading

32
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What did Stalin think of the Marshall plan?

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He called it dollar imperialism because he thought it was bribing countries to support the USA which made him angry

33
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When was the Berlin blockade and airlift?

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1948 to 1949

34
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Why did Stalin get angry during the Berlin blockade and airlift?

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He got angry with the USA helping German recovery because he wanted Germany to be weak

35
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What did Stalin do during the Berlin blockade?

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He prevented any supplies reaching Berlin by rail or road

36
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How did the USA avoid the Berlin blockade?

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They flew supplies in around the clock

37
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How long was it before Stalin gave in during the Berlin blockade?

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318 days

38
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How did this contribute towards the cold war?

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It was the first major crisis and made tensions much worse

39
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When was NATO?

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1949

40
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What does NATO stand for?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

41
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What was NATO?

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Military treaty signed by 12 countries

42
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When was NATO signed?

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April 1949

43
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Why was NATO formed?

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To protect countries from communism

44
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How did Stalin see NATO?

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He saw it as an aggressive organisation set up to eventually attack the USSR

45
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When was the Korean War?

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1950 to 1953

46
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Who led the UN?

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The USE

47
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What did the United Nations do?

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It fought Communist North after they invaded the capitalist south

48
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What was North Korea?

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Communist

49
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What was South Korea?

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Capitalist

50
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What did the success of the United Nations lead to?

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China got involved

51
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What happened after three years of fighting?

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The south was saved from communism

52
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What was the result of the Korean War?

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Korea remained split in half: the Communist North and the capitalist south

53
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What did the Korean War mean for the Cold War?

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The Cold War had spread to the Far East which makes it an even bigger problem

54
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When did Stalin die?

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1953

55
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Who became the new leader of the USSR after Stalin died?

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Khrushchev

56
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What was Khrushchev’s idea?

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Peaceful coexistence

57
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What was peaceful coexistence known as and what was it?

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The Thaw: and this was when the USA and the USSR tried to extension

58
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What happened in 1955?

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The Warsaw Pact

59
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What country joined NATO in 1955?

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West Germany

60
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Why did Khrushchev create the Warsaw Pact?

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Because the USSR felt threatened and as though it needed to protect communist countries

61
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What was the Soviet bloc?

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Communist countries in Eastern Europe

62
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What was the Warsaw Pact?

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Military alliance between the Soviet bloc

63
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When was the Hungarian Uprising?

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1956

64
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Why did the people of Hungary rebel?

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They wanted to rebel against the harsh rule of Rakosi

65
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Who is Nagy?

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He was the man who wanted to make Hungary a freer place and relax Communist ideas

66
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What did the USSR do during the Hungarian Uprising?

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They got involved and eventually brutally crushed the uprising and shot Nagy

67
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When was the nuclear arms race?

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1945 to 1960

68
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What happened to do with the nuclear arms race space during 1952?

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USA tested the hydrogen bomb

69
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When did the USSR get the hydrogen bomb?

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1953

70
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During the nuclear arms race what happened in 1957?

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The USSR used a rocket to put a satellite in space it was called Sputnik 1

71
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By 1957 how far could nuclear weapons travel?

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A huge distance

72
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What did America develop in 1957?

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It’s own long-range missiles known as ICBMs standing for intercontinental ballistic missiles

73
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Why did the nuclear arms race make the cold war worse?

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It meant both sides could launch stoppable missiles if a war started

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