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When was the Yalta conference

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February 1945

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When was the Tehran conference

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1943

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When was the Potsdam conference

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July 1945

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When did the USA drop the first Atomic bomb

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1945

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Where did the US drop the atomic bombs

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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When was Churchills iron curtain speach

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1946

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When was the long telegram

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1946 feburary

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When was the Novikov telegram

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September 1946

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When was a communist government set up in Poland

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Early 1947

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Capatilism

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The believe that everyone should be free to own property and businesses and make there own money

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Communism

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The believe that all property including homes and businesses belong to the state to ensure fairness

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Who created communism

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Karl Marx

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What was the grand alliance

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An alliance between US, Britain and the USSR to defeat Germany and Japan

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What agreements were made at Tehran

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Usa and Britain would open a “second front” to attack Germany

The Ussr would help defeat Japan after the war in Europe was finnished

What would happen to Germany after the war

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What agreements were made at the Yalta conference

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Germany and Berlin would be split into four zones for France England USA and the USSR

United Nations would be set up and any countries were allowed to join

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What happened at potsdam

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Not many agreements were made as Stalin wanted Germany to pay higher reparations but Truman learnt from the previous war and dissagreed

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What leaders were at Tehran and Yalta

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Winston Churchill=Britain
Roosevelt=USA
Stalin=USSR

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What leaders were at potsdam

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Atlee=Britain
Truman=USA
Stalin=USSR

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What were satellite states

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Eastern European countries that had communist goverments

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What was the “buffer zone”

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A group of countries controlled by the USSR that acted as a shield if any western countries intended to invade

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When was the Truman Doctrine announced

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March 1947

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When was the Marshall plan aid announced

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June 1947

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When was the Berlin blockade set up

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June 1948

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When was comecon established

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January 1949

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When was Nato formed
1949
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When was the Warsaw pact established
1955
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When was the German Democratic Rebublic established
October 1949
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When was the federal republic of Germany founded
September of 1949
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What was the truman doctrine
The United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
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What was the marshall plan
A U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II
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What significance did the Marshall plan and Truman Doctrine have
It gave the USA life long allies that some are even still allies today
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What was cominform
A political organisation set up on Stalins orders to offered military help
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What was comecon
A direct competition to the Marshall plan, this offered economic aid to Satellite states
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Why did the USSR not allow eastern European countries to take Marshall plan aid
It would be a sign of weakness and it would help keep satellite states under control
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When did the US, Britain and France combine there zones of Germany
March 1948
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What were the US, Britain and Frances zones called in Germany
Trizonia
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What was the Berlin blockade
Stalin decided to shut of land routes across soviet controlled Germany into Berlin. This meant that the main section of Trizonia would no longer be able to communicate with the capital
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Why did Stalin do the Blockade
If successful it would give Stalin huge propaganda success over the west and Western powers would have to give up control of their zones in Berlin
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What was the Berlin air lift
Trumans response to the Blockade, which was to fly in supplies for all of west Berlin
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Which side was the federal Republic of Germany
West
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What side was the democratic republic of Germany
East
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What does NATO stand for
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Why did Stalin create the Warsaw pact
West Germany joined Nato
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When did Stalin die
1953
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When did Khrushchev take power
1955
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When was the Hungarian uprising
1956
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Why did the hungarian uprising begin
Rebelling against communist rule
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Why did the USSR invade Hungary
Nagy pulled Hungary out of the Warsaw pact
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What was the impact of the Hungarian uprising
It gave Krushchev more power in the Warsaw pact It showed that the USA would not risk sending military aid to help eastern European countries
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What did Kennedy say in his famous speech in West Berlin in 1963
"I am a Berliner"
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When was the Cuba revolution
1959
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What was the deal with the soviet union and Cuba
The USSR would buy sugar and provide economic aid Cuba would receive arms from the soviet union
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When was the bay of pigs
1961
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What was the bay of pigs
An American planned attack that involved cuban exiles invading Cuba
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When did the U-2 spy-plane find pictures of soviet missiles in Cuba
1962
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When was the "hotline" set up
1963
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What was the "hotline"
A phone that directly linked Moscow and Washington
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When was the 11 day if the cuban missile crisis
16-28 of October 1962
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What was the blockade around cuba
A stand of between American and soviet ships
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Why did the Cuban missile crisis stop
Kennedy agreed to remove missiles from Turkey
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What was the prague spring
The Czech government leaded buy Dubcek creating socialism with "a human face"
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When did the soviets invade Czechoslovakia
1968
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What was the Brezhnev Doctrine
A speech that said all communist countries would be prevented from introducing reforms to make their country more liberal
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When was SALT 1
1972
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When was SALT 2
1979
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What was Detente
A series of peace between the two countries in the 1970s
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What did the two countries do during detente
Usa=focuses on ending vietnam war, social problems and rioting, spending less money on nuclear wepons Soviet union=improve the living standards, economy was not developing, wanted to spend less on nuclear wepons
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What does SALT stand for
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
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What happened at SALT 1
The agreements that reduced nuclear warfare
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What happened at SALT 2
Ban on testing or deploying new types of ICBM
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When did the soviet union invade Afghanistan
1979 december
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Why did detente end
Soviets invading Afghanistan
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When did the US boycott the Moscow olympics
1980
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When did the soviets boycott the los angeles olympics
1984
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What was the carter doctrine
That America would support any anti communist countries or groups to overthrow there goverment
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What was the significance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Second cold war began End of Detente Salt 2 abandonded Afgha istan goverment replaced Both olympics boycotted
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What was the significance of the Olympic boycotts
It was a big stage for the soviets to promote communism but over 60 nations supported the US boycott and didn't show up
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What was SDI
Strategic Defence Initiative, a device that the US claimed to have that would detect nuclear missiles and destroy them before they reached America
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When did Gorgachev become soviet leader
1985
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When did the Berlin wall fall
1989
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What was Gorbackev's new thinking
Adapting some Capitilist practisies to make the economy succesful They would allow an opposition goverment The Brezhnev doctrine was dropped and other communist countries were free to do as they wanted Soviets would reduce spending on arms and defence and withdraw from Afghanistan
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What happened to most Eastern European countries
They all overthrew the Communist government and adopted capitalist ideas and gained independence from the USSR
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When did the Soviet union dismantle
1991, communism was abandoned
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What was the significance of the fall of the Berlin wall
People could see there family and friends after 30 years East german leader had been sacked
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When did the the Warsaw pact end and why
Formally dissolved in July 1991, the events of 1989 and communist countries changing governments
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What was the role of Gorbachev's news thinking
Perestroika - restructuring soviet economy Glasnost - more freedom for people in the soviet union

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