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History The Develpoment Of The USA 1929-2000 > Topic 6 Cold War Rivalry > Flashcards

Topic 6 Cold War Rivalry Flashcards

1
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What was the Cold War?

A

State of hostility between USA and USSR

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What were the 2 conferences where the allies and USSR agreed what to do after ww2?

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Yalta
Potsdam

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What did the allies agree on at the yalta conference?

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Germany and Berlin would be split into 4 zones of occupation, allies and USSR controlling each zone

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How did Truman show his distrust and dislike for Stalin?

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Only informed him about development of atomic bomb eleven days before dropped

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What did Stalin want after occupying large parts of Eastern Europe after ww2?

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Impose communist style governments upon six satellite states (including Poland)

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What was Stalin showing no signs of allowing in the Potsdam conference?

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Free elections in his zones

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What were satellite states?

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Countries under domination of foreign power

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What was the policy of containment?

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Using us influence and military resources to prevent expansion of communism into non-communist countries

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What was Marshall Aid?

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US programme of financial and economic aid given to Europe after end of ww2

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10
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Why did Truman use Marshall aid?

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Believed countries with strong economy could repel communism

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11
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What was the domino theory?

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Belief that if one country fell to communism other countries would follow

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12
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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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13
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What was trizonia?

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American, British and French zones merged to form West Germany

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14
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What 2 things did the Western allies decide in 1948?

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Set up West German Assembly and West German Constitution
Introduce new currency of West Germany

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15
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Why was Stalin worried about West Berlin?

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would become wealthy capitalist base within communist Eastern Europe

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16
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What was the Berlin blockade?

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Soviet troops cut off all links (road, rail, canal) between West Berlin and West Germany

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What did Stalin hope would happen as a result of the Berlin blockade?

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West Germany forced to give control of West Berlin to USSR

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18
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What were flashpoints?

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Highest points of tension between USSR and America in Cold War

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19
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What was the Berlin airlift?

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West organised airlift to fly in supplies to West Berlin

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20
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How long did the Berlin airlift last?

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10 months

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21
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Why was the Berlin blockade/airlift a successful flashpoint for the USA?

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Stalin gave in and re opened all routes to West Berlin, showed USA committed to policy of containment

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22
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What was NATO 1949?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, military alliance against communism

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23
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Who were members of NATO?

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USA and other western powers

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24
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What was the Warsaw pact 1955?

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Military alliance against NATO set up by USSR

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25
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Who was the US backed Cuban dictator Batista overthrown by in 1959?

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Fidel Castro

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26
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What did Fidel Castro do in Cuba?

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Set up new communist gov, ejected all us businesses and investment

27
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How did the USA retaliate to Fidel Castro ejecting all us businesses?

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Refused to buy Cubas biggest export- sugar

28
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Who offered to buy Cubas sugar when the USA refused?

A

USSR, strengthened relations with Cuba

29
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What did President Kennedy agree to in April 1961?

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US secret invasion of Cuba at bay of pigs

30
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Why was the bay of pigs a great humiliation for JFK?

A

Disaster

31
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What did Soviet leader Khrushchev want to establish in Cuba as he was concerned about US missile bases in Italy and Turkey?

A

Soviet missile bases in Cuba

32
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Who did Fidel Castro and Cuba become an ally of?

A

Khrushchev and USSR

33
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In what 2 countries where US missile bases located?

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Italy and Turkey

34
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What did an American U2 spy plane do on 14 October 1962?

A

Took photos of missile launch sites being constructed on Cuba

35
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What happened on the 20 October in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Kennedy imposed naval blockade around Cuba

36
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What happened on 25 October in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Kennedy wrote to Khrushchev ask him to withdraw soviet missiles from Cuba

37
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What happened on 26 October in the Cuban Missile crisis?

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Khrushchev replied saying he’d remove missiles if USA withdrew missiles from Turkey and didn’t invade Cuba

38
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What happened on 27 October in Cuban Missile Crisis?

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USA agreed to withdraw missiles from Turkey if deal kept secret

39
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What happened on 28 October in Cuban Missile crisis?

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Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba

40
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What were 4 consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A

Kennedy technically won
Brinkmanship
Telephone hotline installed between gov headquarters
Test ban treaty

41
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What was the test ban treaty?

A

Banned nuclear weapons testing

42
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What was brinkmanship?

A

Pushing world to brink of nuclear war

43
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Who was Ho Chi Minh?

A

Leader of communists in north Vietnam

44
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Who was Diem?

A

non-communist Leader of south Vietnam

45
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What did the USA fear would happen to south Vietnam?

A

Communism take over, domino theory- spread to Laos and Cambodia

46
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What were the 3 reasons the USA got involved in Vietnam?

A

Contain communism
Defend democracy
Extend US influence in Asia

47
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Who did Diem have support from?

A

USA

48
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Who were the USA and Diems army fighting against?

A

Vietcong

49
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Who were the Vietcong?

A

Communist guerrilla force attempted to overthrow south Vietnamese gov

50
Q

What were 3 US tactics in Vietnam?

A

Operation rolling thunder
Chemical warfare
’Search and destroy’

51
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What was operation rolling thunder?

A

Intense bombing campaign of North Vietnam with aim of destroying Vietcong supply routes to south

52
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How long did operation rolling thunder last?

A

3.5 years

53
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What were 2 types of chemical warfare used in Vietnam?

A

Napalm
Agent orange

54
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What was agent orange?

A

Chemical defoliant used to destroy jungle, burns skin

55
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What was napalm?

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Burning jelly, sticks to skin, could burn to bone

56
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What was ’search and destroy’?

A

USA used helicopters to drop troops near villages suspected of assisting Vietcong

57
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Why did search and destroy make US forces unpopular?

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Search villages then set alight, innocent villages often destroyed

58
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What were 3 weaknesses of the USA in Vietnam?

A

Inexperienced US troops
Growing opposition at home
Tet Offensive

59
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Why was there growing opposition at home (USA) in Vietnam?

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High death rates, TV coverage, war atrocities

60
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What was the Tet Offensive?

A

Vietcong attacked 100 cities/towns across south Vietnam, turning point- USA losing

61
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What were 3 strengths of the Vietcong?

A

Effective guerrilla tactics
Fighting for cause
Supplied weapons from USSR and china

62
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What were 2 guerrilla tactics?

A

Sabotage/ambush
Network of underground tunnels

63
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What was vietnamisation?

A

Process of withdrawing US troops from Vietnam

64
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Who ordered the policy of Vietnamisation?

A

Nixon

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