World Since 1945 Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Cold War

A

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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5
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Marshall plan

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economic aid from US to rebuild Europe after WW2

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6
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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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10
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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
policy called for more opening ms w nations of west and relaxing of restraint on soviet a
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perestroika
policy to revitalize Soviet economy
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Brezhnev doctrine
flattened Alexander dubeks reforms
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Nicolas ceausescu
Romania refused to step down over thrown and excecuted
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Josip Tito
Yugoslavia
30
slobodan milosevic
used army to keep country United | killed or forced non Serbs to migrate (ethnic cleansing)
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❕role of women since 1945
women aren't equal | better but men are still payed more
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❕technology since 1945
computer Internet medicines satellites still limited on world hunger
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❕GB and Ireland
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
wall knocked down | helmut kohl is the new chancellor
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‼️fall of the Soviet Union
``` 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 ```