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Post WWII (ch. 26) Quiz Flashcards

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Meeting in which Stalin promised free elections to Poland but didnt keep it

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Potsdam conference

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Idea of this was to contain communism - aid to Greece and Turkey

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Truman doctrine

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Truman doctrine

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Contain communism - aid to greece and Turkey

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Gave 13 billion in aid to countries to help with recovery

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Marshall plan

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What happened in Berlin in 1948

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Berlin airlift

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Berlin Airlift took place when

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1948

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Communist leader of CHina

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Mao Zedong

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Mao Zedong was who…?

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The communist leader of China

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Which global events led to the US involvement in the Korean War?

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Korea splitting into 2

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What issue between Truman and MacArthur cost him his job?

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MacArthur was set on a full-blown war with China and Truman was against it

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What was the result of the Korean War?

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Stalemate

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American gov’t official who worked on the new deal - later accused of being a USSR spy

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Alger Hiss

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Alger Hiss

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American gov’t official who worked on the new deal - later accused of being a USSR spy

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Who was Joseph McCarthy’s and what were his tactics

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  • republican senator from Wisconsin

- accused people of being communist spies with no evidence

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  • republican senator from Wisconsin

- accused people of being communist spies with no evidence

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Joseph McCarthy

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Rosenburgs

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Russian spies put to death

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Who were the Russian spies that were put to death?

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Rosenbergs

18
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Eisenhowers Secretary of State

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John Foster Dulles

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John Foster Dulles

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Secretary of State to Eisenhower

20
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What involvement did the US have in Iran and Guatemala

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Got rid of leaders leaning towards communism and replaced them

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The US got rid of leaders who were leaning towards communism in these two countries

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Iran and Guatemala

22
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Spy plane shot down in USSR and Eisenhower lied about it

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U-2 incident

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