things u gotta know Flashcards

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Yalta Conference

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(Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt)

  1. Agreed to divide Germany into 4 zones used by USSR, G.B, FRANCE, U.S.A
  2. Stalin promised to give Eastern Europe countries free elections after the war
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United Nations

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made June 1945 (United Peacekeeping Organization) replaced League of Nations.

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USSR Post war goals (after WW2)

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  1. Shield itself from possible invasion from the west

2. Spread communism

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USA Post War goals (after WW2)

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  1. Spread democracy

2. Rebuild Europe

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Potsdam Conference

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July 1945.
1. Stalin said he was not gonna allow free elections in Eastern Europe!
2. He said communism and democracy can’t live in same world
(COLD WAR STARTS)

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What did USSR not do that the other allies did? (1948)

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USSR did not give back its piece of Germany but the other countries did

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2 German States

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  1. Federal Republic of Germany. West Germany

2. German Democratic Republic- East Germany

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Cold War Definition

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Struggle to see if the political ideas of Democracy or Communism would rule the world

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