Unit XIX Cold War Flashcards

1
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What was the Truman Doctrine?

A

President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

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2
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What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?

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affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.

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3
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When the US annonced the Marshal Plan, the Soviets refused to what?

A

help Europe recover.

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4
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What president had power during the Cuban Missle Crisis?

A

John F. Kenndy

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5
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The Great Patriotic War was who against who?

A

Russia against Germany

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6
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The Berlin wall was erected to halt what?

A

the fleeing of easterners to west Germany

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7
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Where was the first meeting of the “big three”?

A

yalta

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8
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How many zones was Berlin and Germany split into?

A

4

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9
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Who controlled the zones of Germany?

A

France, Britain, US and Russia

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10
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Who were the Big Three at Potsdam? (people)

A

Atlee, Truman, and Stalin

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11
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Why is Russia mad at the US?

A

they never opened a front in France

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12
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What was the Lend-Lease Act?

A

a financial support for European Nations

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13
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What did Winston Churchill predict?

A

the iron curtain- the separation of communism and democracy

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14
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Why does Russia really want their share of Germany?

A

as a buffer zone and a weaker Germany

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15
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What did Russia do to penalyze Germany?

A

stripped it of its resources

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16
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When did Germany become independent?

A

1949

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17
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What was the new government of Germany called?

A

Federal Republic of Germany

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18
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What was the name of East Germany?

A

the Democratic Republic of Germany

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19
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What was the type of east german government?

A

communist

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20
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What is the US’s policy of foreign policy?

A

containment- resist soviet union’s spread of communism

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21
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What did the Truman policy help?

A

aid to Greece and Turkey to defeat communists

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22
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What is the Marshall plan?

A

economic aid to Europe to prevent communism from spreading

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23
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How did Russia try to remove the allies from the city of Berlin?

A

by cutting off supplies

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24
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Was the new currency used by the allies better than Russia’s?

A

yes

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25
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How did the US solve the Berlin Crisis?

A

using the airlift

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26
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Who supported the NATO?

A

the allies

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27
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Who was against the NATO pact?

A

the soviet union through the warsaw pact

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28
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Did West Germany join the NATO?

A

yes

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29
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How did Russia build their atomic bomb?

A

by spying

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30
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What was the objective in Korea for the UN?

A

to be reunited

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31
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Who led the UN forces in Korea?

A

MacArthur

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32
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What did Russia call WW2?

A

the Great Patriotic War

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33
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What was the KGB?

A

the secret police

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34
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What was the only eastern country that was not dominated by the Soviets?

A

Yugoslavia

35
Q

Who is the first to take over after Stalin dies

?

A

Khrushchev

36
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What was the major problems after Stalin?

A

hatred, fear, and horrible agricultural problems

37
Q

Did Khruschchev fix the agriculture?

A

no

38
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What did Khrushchev do in the Secret Speech.

A

Criticise Stalin

39
Q

Did Brenzhev reinstall stalin or deinstall?

A

reinstall

40
Q

What did Khrushchev want to prove?

A

that Communism is the better way to go

41
Q

What did Boris Pasternak do?

A

win the nobel peace prize

42
Q

What was Imre Nagy seeking for Hungary?

A

independence

43
Q

What was Khrushchev’s policy?

A

peaceful coexistance

44
Q

Did anything get accomplished at Geneva?

A

no

45
Q

Was the Berlin Wall beneficial to Germany economically?

A

no

46
Q

Who did Russia support in Cuba?

A

Castro

47
Q

What did Cuba allow to be placed in their territory?

A

Russian missiles

48
Q

Who responded to the Cuban missle crisis?

A

John F. Kennedy

49
Q

Was Khrushchev successful?

A

no

50
Q

Did Brezhnev avoid or look for policy with the US?

A

avoided

51
Q

What is similar to Dubcek and Khrushchev?

A

more artistic freedoms

52
Q

Why did Russia invade Czechoslovakia?

A

to restore the government back to communism

53
Q

What did the Revolution of 1989 end?

A

ended communist control of eastern Europe

54
Q

What did the Revolution of 1989 end?

A

ended communist control of eastern Europe

55
Q

What was Lily Brandt’s eastern policy?

A

ost poltitik- to seek a solution for the German ?

56
Q

How did Lily Brandt seek the solution to help Germany?

A

ease and relax tensions through a detente

57
Q

What limited all of the Weopons in Europe?

A

Strategic Arms Limiting Treaty

58
Q

What rights were asked to be kept?

A

human rights

59
Q

Who was the founder of the Solidarity movement in poland?

A

Walesa

60
Q

Was Pope John Paul for or against communism?

A

against

61
Q

Who was the most friendly ruler of Russia to the west?

A

Gorbachev

62
Q

What did Gorbachev do to relieve tensions?

A

pull troops out of Afganistan
reformed
pledged respect of political choices of Eastern Europe
removed people working against reform

63
Q

Did Gorbachev try to maintain communism?

A

yes

64
Q

What is a Detente?

A

a treaty to relieve tensions

65
Q

How was Yugoslavia held together under Tito?

A

Cult of personality

66
Q

Who was president of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall was built?

A

John F. Kennedy

67
Q

After World War II, Great Britain’s influence in the Middle East was challenged by which groups?

A

The Zionist movement and Arab nationalists

68
Q

The Korean War began in

A

1950

69
Q

What was the Prague Spring, and how did it end?

A

A period of political liberalization and experimentation in Czechoslovakia that ended with a Soviet invasion and regime change in the summer of 1968

70
Q

Vietnamese nationalist and communist leader Ho Chi Minh was supported by

A

Neither the U.S.S.R. or China

71
Q

How was Yugoslavia held together under Tito?

A

Cult of personality

72
Q

Who was president of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall was built?

A

John F. Kennedy

73
Q

Who called the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire”?

A

U.S. President Ronald Reagan

74
Q

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in response to?:

A

the events surrounding the Berlin Blockade

75
Q

Euro-communism is?:

A

a program devised by Italian Communists to make their policies more compatible with the needs of Western Europe.

76
Q

One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and the United States after World War II was?:

A

ideological conflicts.

77
Q

Which BEST characterizes West Germany’s Ostpolitik?:

A

the establishment of better relations with Eastern Europe.

78
Q

Between the death of Stalin and the rise of Gorbachev, the Soviet Union experienced what?:

A

experienced some liberalization along with increasing economic decline.

79
Q

Margaret Thatcher’s popularity rose when she successfully prevented?:

A

Argentina from taking the Falklands.

80
Q

What was the Revolution in Czechoslovakia?

A

Velvet Revolution

81
Q

What happened to Czechoslovakia in its revolution?

A

it split in two

82
Q

The European Economic Community or Common Market, grew out of the what?

A

the european coal and steel community

83
Q

The Soviet Union after World War II reinstated what?

A

the totalitarian policies of the 1930’s