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Cold war Flashcards

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What was the cold war

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The state of hostility without actual warefare that exsite between US and USSR from the end of WWII until the collapse of the Soviet union

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Harry Truman (political background, Famous quote, ideals)

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  • Missouri senator
  • Served in the artillery in WWI
  • The buck stops here
  • not idealism
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Marxism and Capitalism dichotomy

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  • diametrically opposed they cannot both survive
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Why was Stalin scared of america

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  • US did not recognize Bolshevik gov till 17 years after the 1917 revolution
  • Saw delayed opening 2nd front as intentional
  • US cuts off Lend Lease aid in 1945
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What did Stalin say/do post war for communism

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  • Soviet set up a zone of influence in eastern Europe
  • Stalin public denounced capitalism
    believed in the spread of communism
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Cominform

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soviet agency to direct the activites of communist partied around the war

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United Nation starting

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  • first met in San Francisco in 1945, later moved to New York
  • Senate approved of UN Charter by vote of 89 to 2 because of Security Council veto
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What was the Security Council

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  • Dominated by Security Council members US, USSR, Britain, France and China
    Could veto anything they wanted
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What was the first thing UN did

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UN played large role in overseeing the creation of the new Jewish state of Israel

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What happened to the split of Germany

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  • Split into 4 zones of occupation
    • given to US France Soviet and British
    • all countries got a slice of Berlin as well
      Three western zones became west Germany in 1949 soviet became east Germany
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why was the Berlin Airlift necessary

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to bring supplies to the people of west Berlin

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Containment Theory

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George Kennan soviet specialist in state dep. proposed containment theory to deal with Soviets
Said we need to contain communism to deal with it

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NSC 68

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The plan for Containment Theory

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Marshall plan

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gives billions to aid the rebuild the W Europe and keep it from communism; George Marshall Sec. of State

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Truman doctrine

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gives people millitary aid thats already happening

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Who is the first prime minister of isreal

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David Ben Gurion

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National Security act of 1947

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created Dept of Defense; Sec of Defense, army, navy and new air force; National Security council and the CIA

18
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Election of 1948 canidates

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Thurmond, Truman, Dewey and Wallace

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What upset happened in 1948 elections

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Truman defeats Dewy even though there were 3 democrates

20
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Who was Thurmond in 1948 election

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Southern Dems Met in Birmingham to elected Thurmond from S. Carolina to run as Dixiecrat

21
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What is the goal of NATO

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keep Russians out Germans down and Americans in

22
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Who rules over Japan post WWII

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MacArthur

23
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What style of Government did Japan adopt post WWI

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Constitutional Dictatorship similar to US with a Emperor

24
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What restrictions were placed on Japan

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Couldn’t attack foreign countries with their Military; called Japanese Defense Force

25
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2 opponents in the china civil war

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Chiangs Nationalist vs Mao Zedongs communist

26
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Who won China civil war

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Mao forces win civl war and force Chiang forces to flee to Taiwan

27
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Where was the first hydrogen bomb tested

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Bikini atoll

28
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MAD

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Mutual Assured Destruction theory led to both sides stockpiling 1,000 of nuclear weapons

29
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Who attacked south korea

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North led by Kim il sung attacked the south

30
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Who led the war in korea for the south

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General MacArthur

31
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What was the line of events that happened in korea war

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North Korea takes on everyone to Pusan in very south korea
MacArthur takes things up in Inchon and takes NK by surprise
SK retakes NK but china enters so we are kind of fighting china
ends up looking the exact same

32
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What happened to MacArthur after the war

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Publicly criticized Truman so he was fired

33
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What was established to examine subverse activites in the 1930’s

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House Committee on Un-American Activities

34
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Loyalty program

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launched by truman in order to protect federal people from being communist

35
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Who was the houses commie hunter

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Richard Nixon

36
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Who was caught as a commie by Nixion

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Alger Hiss

37
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What was Truman’s fear of the HUAC

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thought of it as a which hunt and tried to veto some of the laws

38
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What is the Internal Security Bill

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A bonkers law that Truman vetos but the house and senate overturned the veto

39
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Who leaked the atomic bombs

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage for leaking atomic bomb secrets and both got electric chair

40
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Who led the commie hunt for the senate

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Sen Joseph McCarthy leads Red hunt in the Senate comes symbolize overaggressive violation in civil rights

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