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America Topic 6 Flashcards

1
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What was the Red Scare?

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A growing fear of communism in the USA in the years after WW2

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What nations became Soviet Satellite States?

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Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

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When was the Yalta conference held?

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January 1945

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4
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How many zones was Berlin going to be divided into?

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Four zones

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What was the main disagreement of the Yalta conference?

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How much Germany should pay in post-war reparations

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6
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When was the Potsdam conference?

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July 1945

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7
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How many Russian soldiers had died during WW2?

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Twenty million

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8
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Why did Stalin want to financially cripple Germany?

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He saw a revived Germany as a barrier to possible Soviet expansion

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Who would recieve the most from Germany in reparations payments?

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The USSR due to them having suffered the most

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10
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Who wrote the Long Telegram?

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George Kennan

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What was the Long telegram and what did it do?

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It was a telegram outlining the dangers of Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe and influenced Truman’s policies about communist containment

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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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A US policy of containment of communism by financially supporting at-risk countries

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13
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When was Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech?

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March 1946

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What was the Marshall Plan?

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A plan to financially support European countries, in an attempt to prevent them from falling into communism

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15
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When was the Marshall Plan announced?

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June 1947

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16
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What benefits did the Marshall Plan have for Europe?

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It would provide aid in the form of cash, machinery, food and technological assistance

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What did the USA get from the Marshall Plan?

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An agreement from European countries to buy US goods and allow for US investment in their industry

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18
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Why did Stalin withdraw from the Marshall plan?

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He didn’t trust the USA and didn’t want to show how weak the USSR was economically

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What was the Domino theory?

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The belief that if one country fell to communism, then those around it would also fall

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20
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When was the Berlin crisis?

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Between 1948 and 1949

21
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What sparked the Berlin crisis?

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The announcement of Allied plans to create a new West German state with a new currency

22
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When did Stalin cut off access to West Berlin?

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24th of June 1948

23
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How did the Allies get supplies to West Germany?

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From the 28th of June, planes flew supplies into the state in an operation codenamed ‘Operation Planefare’

24
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When was the peak of the airlift?

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The 16th to 17th of April saw a record 1398 planes land bringing nearly 13000 tonnes of cargo into the city

25
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When was the Berlin blockade called off?

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12th of May 1949

26
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What group did the crisis lead to creation?

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

27
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What was the USSR’s organisation to rival NATO?

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The Warsaw Pact

28
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How many people were leaving West Berlin in January 1961?

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20,000 people per month

29
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When was the Cuban Misslile Crisis?

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October 1962

30
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Who led Cuba after their revolution?

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Fidel Castro

31
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What did the USA refuse to buy after Cuba ejected all US business?

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Sugar, the biggest export from Cuba

32
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When and what was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

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In April 1961, Kennedy tried to invade cuba using exiles who had left, but failed due to poor planning and lack of local support

33
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What countries in Europe did the US have military bases in?

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Italy and Turkey

34
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When did Soviet technicians begin installations of missiles in Cuba?

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September 1962

35
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When did the U-2 spyplane discover missile sites in Cuba?

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14th of October 1962

36
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When did Kennedy decide to start the blockade?

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20th of October 1962

37
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When was the US plane shot down over Cuba?

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27th of October 1962

38
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When was the Partial test ban treaty signed?

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August 1963

39
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Who was the leader of non-communist Vietnam?

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Ngo Dinh Diem

40
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Who were the Vietcong?

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The Vietcong were the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam

41
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When was Diem overthrown?

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November 1963

42
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What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

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Attack on the US destroyer Maddox by North Vietnamese patrol boats

43
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What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

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A bombing campaign that planned to destroy supply routes to the South. It didn’t stop supplies but caused greater support in the North

44
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How many US troops had died in Vietnam by 1969?

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36,000

45
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When was the ceasefire signed in Paris?

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23rd of January 1973

46
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What other countries fell to commmunism in the years after Vietnam?

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Cambodia and Laos

47
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How much did the Vietnam war cost the USA?

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$168 billion

48
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What was stated in the Nixon Doctrine?

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The USA expected its allies to take care of their own military defence

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