Cold War

Question 1

Yalta

Answer 1

1945
decisions regarding each country
churchill stalin roosevelt

Question 2

potsdam

Answer 2

45
truman Atlee stalin
didnt do much
clarified policies
division of germany

Question 3

tehran

Answer 3

43
decision about moving polands border
removed stalins security concerns

Question 4

long telegram

Answer 4

46
kennes explanation of soviet FP

Question 5

iron curtain speech

Answer 5

47
churchill
about the spread of communism bu the USSR

Question 6

Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

1947
ideological
400 mil to give to contain communist expansion

Question 7

cominform

Answer 7

47
information bureau to represent soviet power in the rise of international communism.

link the Eastern Bloc to the Soviet Union

Question 8

Marshall Plan

Answer 8

47
economic
european recovery program
recovery for US economy
13 bil given to european countries and satellites to jump start economy

Question 9

COMECON

Answer 9

49 by USSR
response to truman and marshall

Council for Economic Assistance
Economic stability to the eastern european countries that were struggling with the loss of traditional markets in europe

Question 10

breakdown of grand alliance

Answer 10

45-47
usa ussr britain

Question 11

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 11

marshall plan, truman doc
usage pf money to expand its influence

Question 12

division of germany

Answer 12

45 at potsdam conference
into 3 parts
ideological for USA
economic for USSR

Question 13

hiroshima and nagasaki

Answer 13

45

Question 14

detonation of USSRs atomic bomb

Answer 14

49
No US no longer held nuclear parity - relations had to be reconsidered

Question 15

NATO

Answer 15

49
to stop spread of communism
countries would provide each other with military support when attacked on

Question 16

Berlin Blockade

Answer 16

47

All road, rail and canal links with West Berlin were severed.
Said they violated both yalta and potsdam - currency
Seemed reckless - atom bomb
Initially appeared successful

Question 17

korean war

Answer 17

45-48
Kim wanted communist country

Question 18

leader of south korea during war

Answer 18

Syngman rhee

Question 19

leader of north korea during war

Answer 19

kim il sung

Question 20

Nsc 68

Answer 20

1950
secret document arguing for a large stockpile of weapons and army and expansion of conventional policies
money given to rhee for education and economy - 150

didnt give military - refusal to be apart of the war. - same with stalin

Question 21

when did china get involved in the war

Answer 21

50

Question 22

stalins death

Answer 22

53

Question 23

cuban missile crisis

Answer 23

1962

Question 24

bay of pigs

Answer 24

1961

Question 25

The Soviets decision to place missiles in Cuba

Answer 25

1962

Question 26

quaranitine on cuba

Answer 26

US navy established a ‘quarantine’ zone 1300 km from Cuba's coast ships searched for weapons

Question 27

when was SEATo formed

Answer 27

1955

Question 28

East Germany-West Germany Agreement

Answer 28

1972

Question 29

End of Vietnam war

Answer 29

1975

Question 30

Helsinki Conference

Answer 30

1973

Question 31

Helsinki Agreement

Answer 31

1975

Question 32

detente

Answer 32

1963-75

Question 33

non proliferation

Answer 33

1968

Question 34

SALT 1

Answer 34

1972 anti ballistic missile treaty interim missile treaty

Question 35

SALT 2

Answer 35

1972-79

Question 36

how much were the nuclear wareheads reduced to in SALT 2

Answer 36

2250

Question 37

START

Answer 37

strategic arms reduction treaty 1982

Question 38

what was the limit on warhead number in START

Answer 38

7500 but continued to dev more treaty signed in 1991 - over 10k

Question 39

helsinki conference

Answer 39

1975

Question 40

helsinki conference baskets

Answer 40

security in Europe Cooperation and science technology and environmental concerns Human rights

Question 41

test ban treaty

Answer 41

1963 no nuclear weapons test

Question 42

SALT full form

Answer 42

The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties

Question 43

interim treaty

Answer 43

result of SALT intercontinental balistic missiles fixed at 1000 for US and 1600 for USSR

Question 44

anti-ballistic missile treaty

Answer 44

No more than 100 missile launchers

Question 45

Non-proliferation

Answer 45

1968 aim - prevent the transfer of nuclear technology to other countries China and France refused to sign it - failure

Question 46

1968 how many troops in vietnam from US

Answer 46

500,000

Question 47

which chemicals used in vietnam war

Answer 47

napalm (jellied petrol) and Agent Orange (a weedkiller) to burn off leaves and vegetation

Question 48

how many of US troops killed

Answer 48

58,000