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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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

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

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help Europe recover.

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What president had power during the Cuban Missle Crisis?

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John F. Kenndy

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The Great Patriotic War was who against who?

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Russia against Germany

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The Berlin wall was erected to halt what?

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the fleeing of easterners to west Germany

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

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yalta

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How many zones was Berlin and Germany split into?

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4

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Who controlled the zones of Germany?

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France, Britain, US and Russia

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Who were the Big Three at Potsdam? (people)

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Atlee, Truman, and Stalin

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Why is Russia mad at the US?

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they never opened a front in France

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What was the Lend-Lease Act?

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a financial support for European Nations

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What did Winston Churchill predict?

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the iron curtain- the separation of communism and democracy

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Why does Russia really want their share of Germany?

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as a buffer zone and a weaker Germany

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What did Russia do to penalyze Germany?

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stripped it of its resources

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When did Germany become independent?

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1949

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What was the new government of Germany called?

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Federal Republic of Germany

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What was the name of East Germany?

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the Democratic Republic of Germany

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What was the type of east german government?

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communist

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What is the US’s policy of foreign policy?

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containment- resist soviet union’s spread of communism

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What did the Truman policy help?

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aid to Greece and Turkey to defeat communists

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What is the Marshall plan?

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economic aid to Europe to prevent communism from spreading

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

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by cutting off supplies

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

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yes

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How did the US solve the Berlin Crisis?
using the airlift
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Who supported the NATO?
the allies
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Who was against the NATO pact?
the soviet union through the warsaw pact
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Did West Germany join the NATO?
yes
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How did Russia build their atomic bomb?
by spying
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What was the objective in Korea for the UN?
to be reunited
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Who led the UN forces in Korea?
MacArthur
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What did Russia call WW2?
the Great Patriotic War
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What was the KGB?
the secret police
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What was the only eastern country that was not dominated by the Soviets?
Yugoslavia
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Who is the first to take over after Stalin dies | ?
Khrushchev
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What was the major problems after Stalin?
hatred, fear, and horrible agricultural problems
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Did Khruschchev fix the agriculture?
no
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What did Khrushchev do in the Secret Speech.
Criticise Stalin
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Did Brenzhev reinstall stalin or deinstall?
reinstall
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What did Khrushchev want to prove?
that Communism is the better way to go
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What did Boris Pasternak do?
win the nobel peace prize
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What was Imre Nagy seeking for Hungary?
independence
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What was Khrushchev's policy?
peaceful coexistance
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Did anything get accomplished at Geneva?
no
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Was the Berlin Wall beneficial to Germany economically?
no
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Who did Russia support in Cuba?
Castro
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What did Cuba allow to be placed in their territory?
Russian missiles
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Who responded to the Cuban missle crisis?
John F. Kennedy
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Was Khrushchev successful?
no
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Did Brezhnev avoid or look for policy with the US?
avoided
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What is similar to Dubcek and Khrushchev?
more artistic freedoms
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Why did Russia invade Czechoslovakia?
to restore the government back to communism
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What did the Revolution of 1989 end?
ended communist control of eastern Europe
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What did the Revolution of 1989 end?
ended communist control of eastern Europe
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What was Lily Brandt's eastern policy?
ost poltitik- to seek a solution for the German ?
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How did Lily Brandt seek the solution to help Germany?
ease and relax tensions through a detente
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What limited all of the Weopons in Europe?
Strategic Arms Limiting Treaty
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What rights were asked to be kept?
human rights
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Who was the founder of the Solidarity movement in poland?
Walesa
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Was Pope John Paul for or against communism?
against
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Who was the most friendly ruler of Russia to the west?
Gorbachev
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What did Gorbachev do to relieve tensions?
pull troops out of Afganistan reformed pledged respect of political choices of Eastern Europe removed people working against reform
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Did Gorbachev try to maintain communism?
yes
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What is a Detente?
a treaty to relieve tensions
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How was Yugoslavia held together under Tito?
Cult of personality
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Who was president of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall was built?
John F. Kennedy
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After World War II, Great Britain's influence in the Middle East was challenged by which groups?
The Zionist movement and Arab nationalists
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The Korean War began in
1950
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What was the Prague Spring, and how did it end?
A period of political liberalization and experimentation in Czechoslovakia that ended with a Soviet invasion and regime change in the summer of 1968
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Vietnamese nationalist and communist leader Ho Chi Minh was supported by
Neither the U.S.S.R. or China
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How was Yugoslavia held together under Tito?
Cult of personality
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Who was president of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall was built?
John F. Kennedy
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Who called the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire"?
U.S. President Ronald Reagan
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in response to?:
the events surrounding the Berlin Blockade
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Euro-communism is?:
a program devised by Italian Communists to make their policies more compatible with the needs of Western Europe.
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One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and the United States after World War II was?:
ideological conflicts.
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Which BEST characterizes West Germany's Ostpolitik?:
the establishment of better relations with Eastern Europe.
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Between the death of Stalin and the rise of Gorbachev, the Soviet Union experienced what?:
experienced some liberalization along with increasing economic decline.
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Margaret Thatcher's popularity rose when she successfully prevented?:
Argentina from taking the Falklands.
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What was the Revolution in Czechoslovakia?
Velvet Revolution
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What happened to Czechoslovakia in its revolution?
it split in two
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The European Economic Community or Common Market, grew out of the what?
the european coal and steel community
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The Soviet Union after World War II reinstated what?
the totalitarian policies of the 1930's

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