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Final Finally Flashcards

1
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During world war 2, USA and Soviet Union were ______ allies! (Distrust grew)

A

Uneasy

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Yalta Conference: Feb. 1945

  • who attended?
    1. Agreed to
    2. Stalin promises to
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Yalta Conference: Feb. 1945 (Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt)

  1. Agreed to divide Germany into four zones occupied by the French, British, USA, and the Soviet Union
  2. Stalin promises to give Eastern European countries free elections after the war
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June 1945: what was established?-

International peace keeping organization - replaced which organization

Where is it

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June 1945: the United Nations was established! International peace keeping organization - replaced the League of Nations. It’s in New York

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USA and Soviet Union had different postwar _____!

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USA and Soviet Union had different postwar goals!

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Major goal of the Soviet Union

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Major goal of the Soviet Union was to shield itself from another invasion from the west and to spread communism
Wanted to use Eastern Europe as that shield or buffer (wall of protection)

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Major goal of the United States

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Major goal of the United States was to spread democracy in the world!

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Potsdam conference - July 1945
1. Stalin said he was not going to allow
2. He declared that communism and capitalism couldn’t
(The Cold War began)

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Potsdam conference - July 1945

  1. Stalin said he was not going to allow free elections in Eastern Europe
  2. He declared that communism and capitalism couldn’t exist in the same world! (The Cold War began)
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By 1948 the ______ had given back their zones to the Germans as promised! The Soviet Union _____ ____!

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By 1948 the allies (USA, Britain, and France) had given back their zones to the Germans as promised! The Soviet Union had not!

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  1. Federal Republic of Germany -
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  1. Federal Republic of Germany - western Germany
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  1. German Democratic Republic -
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  1. German Democratic Republic - eastern Germany
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Cold War: a struggle over:

*struggle to see if the political ideas of ______ or ________ would rule the world!

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Cold War: a struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war
*struggle to see if the political ideas of democracy or communism would rule the world!

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US form policy - “containment” -

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US form policy - “containment” - blocking and stopping the spread of communism and spreading
democracy

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Truman Doctrine:

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Truman Doctrine: gave US aid ($) and support to any country that resisted and rejected communism! (Turkey and Greece)

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Marshall plan:

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Marshall plan: assistance (aid) program to rebuild Western Europe after the war (12.5 billion) the only requirement was to stay away from communism! (Named after Secretary of State George Marshall)

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The United States offered to do the same for __________ and _____________ but the ________ refused!

A

Even though you’ve kept us up with your insane laugh,

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Berlin airlift: 1948
• Soviet Union demanded ______! ______ was in the Soviet sector - set up a ______ around West Berlin! (Island of democracy)
• _________. _______ faced starvation
• Next 11 months the Americans and British:

_________ gave up and lifted the blockade in 1949 - this was the ______ conflict in the Cold War

A

Berlin airlift: 1948
• Soviet Union demanded Berlin! Berlin was in the Soviet sector - set up a blockade around West Berlin! (Island of democracy)
• Western Berlin faced starvation
• Next 11 months the Americans and British airlifted food and supplies in to the people of West Berlin- soviets gave up and lifted the blockade in 1949 - this was the first conflict in the Cold War

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Two rival alliances formed during the Cold War:
1.
2.

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Two rival alliances formed during the Cold War:

  1. NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) led by the USA, Canada, and Western Europe
  2. Warsaw Pact led by the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
18
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Not every country joined the alliances - some like _____ (democratic) and _____(communist) remained

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Not every country joined the alliances - some like India (democratic) and China (communist) remained

19
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During the Cold War there was always a threat of _______ war

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During the Cold War there was always a threat of nuclear war

20
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H-bombs

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H-Bombs (hydrogen) developed that were thousands of times more powerful those A-bombs (atomic)

21
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brinkmanship

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brinkmanship” willingness to go to the brink, or edge of war creates huge tension between the two superpowers

22
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For the next ___ years there was an arms race! Build up of nuclear weapons

A

For the next 40 years there was an arms race! Build up of nuclear weapons

23
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Space race: (sky) - why?

  1. 1957 -
  2. 1958 -
  3. 1960 -
  4. 1969 -
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Space race: (sky) - why?

  1. 1957 - soviets created the first ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile)
  2. 1958 - soviets launched the first unmanned satellite in space (Sputnik)
  3. 1960 - USA launched the first spy planes - (U-2s). 1960 - U-2 incident! Shot down over the USSR (Frances Gary power)
  4. 1969 - USA first to put a man on the moon
24
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1959 - communist take over ___
• Fidel Castro
• USA greatly concerned!

A

1959 - communist take over Cuba
• Fidel Castro
• USA greatly concerned!

25
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1961 - ______ Wall built
• living conditions in east Berlin -
• Between 1949-1961 and hundreds of thousands of ____ berliners fled to the _____, (young and talented) - escaping communism
• Soviet Union build a wall up over _____ to keep the people in
• Wall divided east and West Berlin - over ___ miles long

Winston Churchill called it an “___________” - separated freedoms from tyranny

A

1961 - Berlin Wall built
• living conditions in east Berlin - bad
• Between 1949-1961 and hundreds of thousands of east berliners fled to the west, (young and talented) - escaping communism
• Soviet Union build a wall up over night to keep the people in
• Wall divided east and West Berlin - over 87 miles long

26
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What year was pay of pigs invasion (Cuba)

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1961 - pay of pigs invasion (Cuba)

27
Q

Pres. John F. Kennedy gave approval to
• CIA trainee Cuban exiles to _____ Cuba
• did it fail or succeed
• Cuba turns to the _______ for protection

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Pres. John F. Kennedy gave approval to an overthrow of the communist government
• CIA trainee Cuban exiles to invade Cuba
• Failed miserably
• Cuba turns to the Soviet Union for protection

28
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1962 - Cuban mission crisis 
• Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet leader) placed
• Kennedy demanded 
• Us reconnaissance plan
• Rudolf Anderson - pilot -
• Brink of nuclear war! 13 days! 
• Soviet Union
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1962 - Cuban mission crisis 
• Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet leader) placed several nuclear missiles in Cuba - all pointed towards the USA 
• Kennedy demanded they be removed 
• USA set up a blockade of the island 
• Us reconnaissance plan shot down 
• Rudolf Anderson - pilot - only casualty in the incident 
• Brink of nuclear war! 13 days! 
• Soviet Union backed off
29
Q

this was the closest we ever came to ________ War

A

this was the closest we ever came to nuclear war

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