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Cold War Dates Flashcards

1
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When was the Yalta Summit?

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Feb 1945

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2
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When was the Iron Curtain Speech?

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March 1946

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When was the Long Telegram?

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Feb 1946

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4
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When was the Novikov Telegram?

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Sept 1946

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5
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When was Bizonia Created?

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Jan 1947

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When was the Truman Doctrine released?

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March 1947

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7
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When was COMINFORM created?

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Sept 1947

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8
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When did Czechoslovakia become communist?

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Feb 1948

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9
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When was the Marshall Plan released?

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April 1948

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10
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What were the dates of the beginning and end of the Berlin Blockade?

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24 Jun1948 - 12 May1949

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11
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When was Tito expelled from COMINFORM?

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Jun 1948

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12
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When was COMECON formed?

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Jan 1949

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13
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When was NATO formed?

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April 1949

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14
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When was PRC declared?

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Oct 1949

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15
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When did USSR get A bomb?

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Aug 1949

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16
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When was GDR formed?

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Oct 1949

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17
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When was the Sino soviet mutual defence treaty?

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Feb 1950

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18
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When was NSC/68 released?

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April 1950

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19
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What were the Korean War start and end dates?

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25 Jun 1950 - 27 Jul 1953

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20
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When was the Potsdam Conference?

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Jul-Aug 1945

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21
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When were the Rosenberg couple convicted of espionage?

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March 1951

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22
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When did McCarthyism take off?

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Feb 1950

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23
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When was General MacArthur fired?

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April 1951

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24
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When was the San Francisco Treaty?

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April 1952

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25
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When was Eisenhower Inaugurated into presidency?

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Jan 1953

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26
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When did Stalin die?

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March 1953

27
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When did the Cuban Revolution being?

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July 1953

28
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When did Khrushchev become the leader of the USSR?

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elected in Sept 1953

29
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When was Polaris created?

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Jan 1954

30
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When was McCarthy disgraced for accusing the millitary?

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Apr-Jun 1954

31
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When was the Taiwan Strait Crisis?

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Aug 1954

32
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When was SEATO created?

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Sept 1954

33
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When did FRG join NATO?

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May 1955

34
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When did the Warsaw Pact get created?

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May 1955

35
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When was the Geneva Summit?

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July 1955

36
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When did the Vietnam War begin?

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Nov 1955

37
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When was Khrushchev’s secret speech?

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Feb 1956

38
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When was the Hungarian Crisis?

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23 Oct 1956

39
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When was the Suez Crisis?

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Oct 1953

40
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When was Eisenhower re-elected?

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Nov 1956

41
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When was Sputnik 1 Launched into space?

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Oct 1957

42
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When was the Berlin Ultimatum issued?

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Nov 1958

43
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When was Explorer 1 launched into space?

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Jan 1958

44
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When did Castro win the Cuban Revolution?

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Jan 1959

45
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When was the Camp David Summit?

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Sept 1959

46
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When was Gary Powers shot down in the U2 plane?

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May 1960

47
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When was the Sino-Soviet Split?

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June 1960

48
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When was the Congo Crisis

A

July 1959

49
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When was Patrice Lumumba Killed?

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Jan 1961

50
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When did Kennedy become President?

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Jan 1961

51
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When did Yuri Gagarin get to space?

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April 1961

52
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When was the Bay of Pigs dates?

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17-19 April 1961

53
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When was the Vienna Summit?

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Jun 1961

54
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When was the Berlin Wall begin construction?

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12-13 Aug 1961

55
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When was the Checkpoint Charlie Standoff?

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Oct 1961

56
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When was Tsar Bomba created?

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Oct 1961

57
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When was Castro declared as a Leninist?

A

Dec 1961

58
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What were the key dates of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A

14 oct 1962, U2 pics
Started 16 Oct 1962
Ended 29 Oct 1962

59
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When was the Partial Test Ban Treaty made?

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Aug 1963

60
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When was Diem assassinated?

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Nov 1963

61
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When was JFK shot and LBJ Inaugurated President?

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Nov 1963

62
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When was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

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Aug 1964

63
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When was the Geneva Conference?

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April 1954

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