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Unit XIX Cold War Flashcards

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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

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What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?

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affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.

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When the US annonced the Marshal Plan, the Soviets refused to what?

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help Europe recover.

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What president had power during the Cuban Missle Crisis?

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John F. Kenndy

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5
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The Great Patriotic War was who against who?

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Russia against Germany

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The Berlin wall was erected to halt what?

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the fleeing of easterners to west Germany

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Where was the first meeting of the “big three”?

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yalta

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How many zones was Berlin and Germany split into?

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4

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Who controlled the zones of Germany?

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France, Britain, US and Russia

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Who were the Big Three at Potsdam? (people)

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Atlee, Truman, and Stalin

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11
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Why is Russia mad at the US?

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they never opened a front in France

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12
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What was the Lend-Lease Act?

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a financial support for European Nations

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13
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What did Winston Churchill predict?

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the iron curtain- the separation of communism and democracy

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Why does Russia really want their share of Germany?

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as a buffer zone and a weaker Germany

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What did Russia do to penalyze Germany?

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stripped it of its resources

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16
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When did Germany become independent?

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1949

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What was the new government of Germany called?

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Federal Republic of Germany

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What was the name of East Germany?

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the Democratic Republic of Germany

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What was the type of east german government?

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communist

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What is the US’s policy of foreign policy?

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containment- resist soviet union’s spread of communism

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What did the Truman policy help?

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aid to Greece and Turkey to defeat communists

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22
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What is the Marshall plan?

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economic aid to Europe to prevent communism from spreading

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23
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How did Russia try to remove the allies from the city of Berlin?

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by cutting off supplies

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24
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Was the new currency used by the allies better than Russia’s?

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yes

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25
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How did the US solve the Berlin Crisis?

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using the airlift

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26
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Who supported the NATO?

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the allies

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27
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Who was against the NATO pact?

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the soviet union through the warsaw pact

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28
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Did West Germany join the NATO?

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yes

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29
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How did Russia build their atomic bomb?

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by spying

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30
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What was the objective in Korea for the UN?

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to be reunited

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31
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Who led the UN forces in Korea?

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MacArthur

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32
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What did Russia call WW2?

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the Great Patriotic War

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33
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What was the KGB?

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the secret police

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What was the only eastern country that was not dominated by the Soviets?

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Yugoslavia

35
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Who is the first to take over after Stalin dies

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Khrushchev

36
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What was the major problems after Stalin?

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hatred, fear, and horrible agricultural problems

37
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Did Khruschchev fix the agriculture?

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no

38
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What did Khrushchev do in the Secret Speech.

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Criticise Stalin

39
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Did Brenzhev reinstall stalin or deinstall?

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reinstall

40
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What did Khrushchev want to prove?

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that Communism is the better way to go

41
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What did Boris Pasternak do?

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win the nobel peace prize

42
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What was Imre Nagy seeking for Hungary?

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independence

43
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What was Khrushchev’s policy?

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peaceful coexistance

44
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Did anything get accomplished at Geneva?

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no

45
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Was the Berlin Wall beneficial to Germany economically?

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no

46
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Who did Russia support in Cuba?

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Castro

47
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What did Cuba allow to be placed in their territory?

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Russian missiles

48
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Who responded to the Cuban missle crisis?

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John F. Kennedy

49
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Was Khrushchev successful?

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no

50
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Did Brezhnev avoid or look for policy with the US?

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avoided

51
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What is similar to Dubcek and Khrushchev?

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more artistic freedoms

52
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Why did Russia invade Czechoslovakia?

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to restore the government back to communism

53
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What did the Revolution of 1989 end?

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ended communist control of eastern Europe

54
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What did the Revolution of 1989 end?

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ended communist control of eastern Europe

55
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What was Lily Brandt’s eastern policy?

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ost poltitik- to seek a solution for the German ?

56
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How did Lily Brandt seek the solution to help Germany?

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ease and relax tensions through a detente

57
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What limited all of the Weopons in Europe?

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Strategic Arms Limiting Treaty

58
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What rights were asked to be kept?

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human rights

59
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Who was the founder of the Solidarity movement in poland?

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Walesa

60
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Was Pope John Paul for or against communism?

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against

61
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Who was the most friendly ruler of Russia to the west?

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Gorbachev

62
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What did Gorbachev do to relieve tensions?

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pull troops out of Afganistan
reformed
pledged respect of political choices of Eastern Europe
removed people working against reform

63
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Did Gorbachev try to maintain communism?

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yes

64
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What is a Detente?

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a treaty to relieve tensions

65
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How was Yugoslavia held together under Tito?

A

Cult of personality

66
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Who was president of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall was built?

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John F. Kennedy

67
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After World War II, Great Britain’s influence in the Middle East was challenged by which groups?

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The Zionist movement and Arab nationalists

68
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The Korean War began in

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1950

69
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What was the Prague Spring, and how did it end?

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A period of political liberalization and experimentation in Czechoslovakia that ended with a Soviet invasion and regime change in the summer of 1968

70
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Vietnamese nationalist and communist leader Ho Chi Minh was supported by

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Neither the U.S.S.R. or China

71
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How was Yugoslavia held together under Tito?

A

Cult of personality

72
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Who was president of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall was built?

A

John F. Kennedy

73
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Who called the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire”?

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U.S. President Ronald Reagan

74
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in response to?:

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the events surrounding the Berlin Blockade

75
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Euro-communism is?:

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a program devised by Italian Communists to make their policies more compatible with the needs of Western Europe.

76
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One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and the United States after World War II was?:

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ideological conflicts.

77
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Which BEST characterizes West Germany’s Ostpolitik?:

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the establishment of better relations with Eastern Europe.

78
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Between the death of Stalin and the rise of Gorbachev, the Soviet Union experienced what?:

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experienced some liberalization along with increasing economic decline.

79
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Margaret Thatcher’s popularity rose when she successfully prevented?:

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Argentina from taking the Falklands.

80
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What was the Revolution in Czechoslovakia?

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Velvet Revolution

81
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What happened to Czechoslovakia in its revolution?

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it split in two

82
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The European Economic Community or Common Market, grew out of the what?

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the european coal and steel community

83
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The Soviet Union after World War II reinstated what?

A

the totalitarian policies of the 1930’s

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