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When was the yalta conference?

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February 1945

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Who were the big three at yalta ?

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  • Stalin(Russia)
  • Churchill( Britain)
  • Roosevelt(USA)
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What was agreed at the yalta conference?

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  • Germany would be divided into 4 zones
  • nazi war criminals would be persecuted
  • Russia would enter the war against Japan
  • Russia was invited to join the UN
  • free elections allowed in Eastern Europe
  • tensions about polish borders
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What were the four zones that Germany was split into at yalta?

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American

English

French

Russian

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When was the Potsdam conference?

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July 1945

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Who were the big three at the Potsdam conference?

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  • Truman (USA)
  • Stalin(Russia)
  • Atley(Britain)
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Why was Stalin angry with Truman at Potsdam?

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  • Truman didn’t tell him that he had the atomic bomb

- Truman dropped the atomic bomb so Japan would surrender before Russian troops could enter Japan

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What was agreed at Potsdam?

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  • the terms of Japan’s surrender
  • peace treaties
  • Poland’s frontiers
  • Germany’s disarmament and reparations confirmed
  • decision made to hold war trials
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What was the iron curtain?

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A metaphorical curtain used to describe the conflict and boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas

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Who spoke about the iron curtain-where?

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winston Churchill in Missouri in 1946

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What is a buffer zone?

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A neutral area between two hostile forces. It prevents conflict

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Why did Stalin want a buffer zone of friendly Countries around Russia?

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To make sure that Russia could never be invaded again

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What did Churchill agree in the percentages agreement

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That Eastern Europe could be a “soviet sphere of influence”

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What did the communists do in the countries that they liberated?

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  • controlled the army
  • took power of the government
  • set up a secret police force
  • began to arrest their opponents
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In 1949 what was the only country in Eastern Europe that wasn’t subject to Stalinist regime ?

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Yugoslavia

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When was the Dropping of the atomic bomb?

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-August 1945

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Who dropped the atomic bomb and what did this do to Russia?

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America dropped the atomic bomb on Japan

This scared Russia

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When was the Truman doctrine?

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  • may 1947
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What was the Truman doctrine ?

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The idea of giving financial aid to countries that were under threat from communism

-eg Greece and Turkey

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When was the Marshall plan?

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June 1947

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What was the Marshall plan?

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  • putting the Truman doctrine into practise

- $17 billion was put into it

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What was the Berlin blockade ?

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Stalin blocked off his Section from the rest of Berlin

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When did the Berlin blockade happen?

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Between April 1948 and May 1949

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Why did Stalin blockade Berlin?

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  • he wanted to get England, France and the USA out of Berlin

- Berlin was a ussr section and he didn’t want western influence

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Why did American troops airlift food instead of entering the blockade?
They didn't want it to seem like they were starting a war
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What did the USA and Britain do as a result of the blockade ?
They joined together to form trizonia They had a new currency called Deutschmark
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List 3 features of the Berlin airlift
- A plane landed every 3 minutes - 9 men died of natural injuries - $100 million was spent
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Give four sources of Khrushchevs competition
- number of foreign visits - sports - nuclear competition - completes on space race
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What was the bay of pigs ?
The USA trained 2,000 Cuban exiles and sent troops into Cuba
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When was the bay of pigs?
1961
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Why did Kennedy attempt the bay of pigs?
- It was his first decision as president - He was told it would be easy. - He wanted to bring back capitalism
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Why did the bay of pigs fail?
There were 2,000 American troops against 20,000 Cubans
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What was the Cuban missiles crisis ?
Cuba was under threat from the USA so Russia promised them protection in exchange for putting long range missiles into Cuba
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When was the Cuban missiles crisis ?
1962
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How many letters did Kennedy receive from Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis ?
2 letters
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What did the first letter that Kennedy received from Khrushchev say?
- Khrushchev promised not to send nuclear weapons as long as the U.S. Lifted the blockade and didn't invade Cuba
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What did the second letter that Khrushchev sent to Kennedy say?
- Khrushchev said they needed to take missiles out of Turkey - Khrushchev wasn't allowed to tell the public about this
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What was the quarantine after the Cuban missile crisis ?
No ship could come close to the USA without being checked for weapons
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Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam ?
- contain communism - fear of the domino effect - when Kennedy is assassinated in 1963, Johnson becomes president and is pro war - they supported South vietnam( capitalist)
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How much money did Eisenhower give Vietnam?
$500 million
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What happens to China which worried the USA ?
- it becomes communist | - it supplies North Vietnam with weapons
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What was the gulf of Tonkin resolution?
A law agreed allowing president Johnson to take any necessary measures to maintain peace and security in South East Asia
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When was the gulf of Tonkin resolution agreed?
7th August 1964
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What does America do to help South Vietnam?
- Eisenhower sends money | - Kennedy sends military personelle
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List five Vietnamese warfare tactics
- faeces on sticks to infect wounds - plain clothes so the USA couldn't tell their allies from their enemies - shrapnel - guerrilla tactics including camouflage - booby traps
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What did the USA use in the Vietnamese war which caused injuries on lots of children?
Na Palm and agent orange
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Why did they US withdraw from the Vietnamese war ?
- they were being counterproductive - they lacked us support( eg the hippie movement and the civil rights movement) - media coverage was changing- lost support - they didn't think black people should have to go to war to fight for the rights of white people
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Truman and Stalin differences
Truman=capitalist Stalin= communist Truman=wants Germany to recover as a trading partner Stalin=wants to weaken Germany and create a buffer zone
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What was the strategic hamlets
In 1961 American officers tried to separate rural peasants from the national liberation front
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What was the national liberation front?
Political organisation founded in 1960 to overthrow the South Vietnamese government

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