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World Since 1945 Flashcards

1
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Cold War

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rivalry between ussr and USA

threats for a bomb (never actually dropped)

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Warsaw Pact

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communist nations of e. Europe dominated by ussr

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NATO

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North Atlantic treaty organization

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iron curtain

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Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania

ruled by ussr

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Marshall plan

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economic aid from US to rebuild Europe after WW2

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Truman doctrine

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Truman said US must support any nation resisting communism

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Berlin airlift

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marked first major Cold War confrontation

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Berlin Wall

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divided east and west Germany

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arms race

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reduces $ = weak economy all over Europe

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disarmament

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distrust blocked progress

nuclear test ban treaty

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détente

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relaxation of tensions w agreement to reduce nuclear stock piles

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mikhail Gorbachev

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Soviet leader

eased grip on Eastern European countries

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terrorism

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violence for political reasons

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ethnic cleansing

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non Serbs were killed/ forced out of countries

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UN

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United Nations

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WHO

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world hunger organization

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EU

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European Union

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NAFTA

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North Atlantic free trade agreement

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GATT

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General agreement of tariffs and trade

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WTO

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world trade organization

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G-8

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group of eight

Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and US

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urbanization

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cities
breakdown of extended families
slums on outskirts of cities

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IRA

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Irish Republican Army

some Catholics used terrorism

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Ostpolitik

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w. Germany chancellors policy

attempt to ease tensions

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glasnost

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policy called for more opening ms w nations of west and relaxing of restraint on soviet a

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perestroika

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policy to revitalize Soviet economy

27
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Brezhnev doctrine

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flattened Alexander dubeks reforms

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Nicolas ceausescu

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Romania
refused to step down
over thrown and excecuted

29
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Josip Tito

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Yugoslavia

30
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slobodan milosevic

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used army to keep country United

killed or forced non Serbs to migrate (ethnic cleansing)

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❕role of women since 1945

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women aren’t equal

better but men are still payed more

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❕technology since 1945

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computer
Internet
medicines
satellites

still limited on world hunger

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❕GB and Ireland

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Ireland has been independent of GB since 1922

Irish republic= Roman Catholic
6 north countries are Protistans
^ created violence

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❕reunified Germany

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wall knocked down

helmut kohl is the new chancellor

35
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‼️fall of the Soviet Union

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1️⃣ causes 
•mikhail Gorbachev 
•glasnost and perestroika are policies for Cold War
2️⃣ results 
•economic turmoil w high prices 
• many shortages and much unemployment 
•failed factories 
3️⃣ freedom
• east and west Germany
•Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

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