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49 Cards in this Set
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ww2 destroyed
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european supremacy
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cold war was
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a clash of soviet and american idealogies
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1st area of conflict in cold war
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eastern europe
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key factor in cold warin eastern europe
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stalin desire to establish a pro-soviet government
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trumann doctrine was a consequence of civil war in
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Greece
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trumann doctrine didnt
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condemn victory of communists in chinese civil war
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marshall plan
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intended to rebuild european prosperity
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1948 soviets blocked west access to
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Berlin
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battle between East and west resulted in
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creation of 2 seperate Germ. states 1949
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event causing the development of cold war outside europe
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victory in 1949 of communist in chinese civil war
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communist response to NATO
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warsaw pact
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overall effect of Korean war on cold war
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reinforcement of american determination to "contain" soviet power
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u.s. didnt play a role in
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COMECON
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warsaw pact didnt include which country
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Yugoslavia
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policy used by americans against communism
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containment
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immediately preceded Cuban Missile Crisis
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Bay of Pigs
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Cuban missile crisis ended with
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improved communication bewtween U.s and soviet union
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origins in vietnam war lie in decolonzation because
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division of vietnam into antagonistic north and south occured after vietnamese defeated french colonial power
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vietnamese communists guerillas from North Vietnam
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vietkong
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vietnam war
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showed limitations of american power
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global decolnization accelerated by
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(all the above)japanese humilitaion of western nation, service of colonial soldiers, and idea of self determination
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european nation most willingly gave up colonial possesion
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great britain
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african independence parties led by
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western educated intellectuals
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one issue Arab states united on
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palestine
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"orgy of blood" refers to
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seperation of pakistan from india
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society
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economic policy of Khrushchev
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failed to benefit soviet economy
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example of relaxation of stalinism
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solzhenitsyns- A day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Yugoslavia led by
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Tito
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independent movement in Hungary led to
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armed soviet intervention
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last eastern european country to fall to soviet
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Czech
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"prague Spring" triggered by
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reforms of Alex Dubcek
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West Euro states witnessed
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successful mixed economy
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Charles de Gaulle
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made France 3rd nuclear power
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Freanch economy under de Gaulle
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increased deficits
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1st chancellor and "founding hero" of west German Federal REpublic
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konrad adenauer
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False about great britain
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conservative power revoked all welfare
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postwar italian politics
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growing power and hegemony of christian democrats
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common market
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founded for ecomonic reasons, promore free trade
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desire to adopt soviet communism
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NOT an upheavel against U.S
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social structure in euopean society
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white collar management
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cheif characteristic of welfare state
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universal health care for citizens
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women at the end of ww2
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removed from workforce
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second sex
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women were seen as second class beings
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france and italy women obtained right to in
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1945
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betty friedan
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NOW
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"permissive society"
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NO decline in divorce
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revolt instignated by
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overcrowded classrooms
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most violent student revolts in
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France
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