Unit 10 Questions Flashcards
The Truman Doctrine was initiated in response to Soviet pressure on what countries
Greece and Turkey
The purpose of Stalin’s Cominform group was to
Spread communism throughout the world
The creation of the Jewish state
Intensified Cold War conflicts
What did the Suez intervention of 1956 prove
That the nations of Western Europe could not impose their will on the world
Suez crisis: Israel vs Egypt
During the Cuban Missle Crisis of 1962, what evidence was used by the United States to convince the world of the threat posed by Cuba
Photographs of missile equipment
In the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Soviet Union
Gave itself the right to interfere in the affairs of other communist countries
-Said that when socialism is attacked in one country, it is attached in all countries
The Helsinki Accords
Represented a step forward in recognizing human rights in Eastern Europe (during Detente)
President Reagan did all of the following as he intensified the Cold war struggle except
tighten the grain embargo of the Soviet Union
Generally speaking, Britain
accepted the loss of empire as inevitable
What event marked the beginning of Algerian Natinoalism
The conflict at Sétif between Muslims and French Settlers
Mikhail Gorbachev’s economic policies could be characterized as
a failure
In 1989, to what country did Hungary open its border, freeing travel to West Germany
Austria
Revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by
Nicolae Ceausescu
In early 1991, Gorbachev began a strategic retreat from reform in response to opposition from
A group, including Boris Yeltsin, that wanted rapid democracy
The final big event preceding Gorbachev’s exit from Soviet political life was the
attempted coup in 1991
Which of the following came first in the breakup of Yugoslavia
War in Bosnia
The “ethnic cleansing” that took place in Bosnia primarily targeted
Muslims
Goal of the European Coal and Steel Community
Stabilize prices and production of coal and steal
Benelux nations, France, Italy, and W. Germany vs.
UK and/or Us
aka Schuman Plan
European Economic Community (aka Common Market)
European Self sufficiency
Free trade among participating countries
European Community
Combined ECSC and EEC
Added more countries and made a federal government of Europe
Maastricht Agreements
European Union (everything)
Prague Spring
under Dubečk in czechoslovakia
liberalize Communism and made Brezhnev unhappy
Brezhnev Invaded Czechoslovakia
Polish Revolution
Solidarity
Got free elections (most communists voted out)
Under Lech Walesa
Hungarian Revolution
Communism with a capitalistic facelift
Social democrats decentralize economy and open boarders to Austria
