test 19 pt. 3 Flashcards

(10 cards)

1
Q

what were NATO and Warsaw about?

A

the military alliance int he cold war
NATO-US
WARSAW-USSR

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2
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why was the berlin wall built?

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to keep east Berliners inside of there part of the city- cant escape

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3
Q

what was the Marshall plan? worth it?

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US gave money to losers or WW2, worth it

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4
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post war status?

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USA- new top power, booming economy
GB/F- won, no longer top power
USSR- won but suffered
C- won agents J but civil war still happing
FA- lost and ended
COL- wanted independence

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5
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3 purposes of the UN

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  1. forum for countries to communicate
  2. foreign aid
  3. collective security
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5
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who are in the United Nations Security Council?

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USA,
UK,
FRANCE,
USSR

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6
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what was the cold war about?

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struggle between democratic, capitalist, liberalism vs communists

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7
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Nuremberg
and
Tokyo trials

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only 1 Nazi admitted guilt, others executed or imprisoned
Emperor allowed to live, others not so much

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8
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key contributors to the allies

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GB- broke Nazi code w computer, radar, air strikes on Germany
USSR- highest human cost
USA- dropped atomic bombs or Japan, war equipment
C- greatest Asian human cost

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9
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deaths stats

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70-58 million
USSR #1 death toll
12 million holocaust deaths
50 million uprooted
7,000 suicides in berlin
2 million women raped

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