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46 Cards in this Set
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Teran Conference
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Russia would liberate Eastern Europe
Soviet Union wants control of Eastern EUrope Eastern countries given Free elections |
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T- COnference: DO we want to destroy Germany?
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No
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Yalta Conference
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free elsections, Berlin divided into four sections, so was Germany
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Who dominated zone?
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Russia, din't allow for Germany to unify
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FOur zones controlled by?
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US, France, Russia, England
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Potsdam Conference
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Atley, Stalin, Truman
T- demanded free elections, Stalin refused T warned Japan S- wants buffer zone |
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Roots of Cold War?
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conferences
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Atomic Bomb Project
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Russia was left out, eventually caught up with hbomb
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lend lease act
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financially supporting other countries
cut with Russia early |
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Who wanted Buffer zones?
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Russia
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Stalin's ambitions:
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shperes of influence- Result: complicated our goals
went back on his word no unification of Germany no free elections |
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Iron Curtain:
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Division of Europe
West: democracy East: totalitarianism |
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US wanted a strong:
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international cooperation
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United Nations differ
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will have enforcement powers
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What zone was Berlin in?
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Russian
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reparations to russia in
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agricultural goods
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Why supressing zone?
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wanted a buffer zone, no revitalized Geramny, dd not want the threat
stripped of resources |
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1949- West Germany became independent because:
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they gave back their zones
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Created FRG
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Adenhour
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DGR lead by
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Ulbricht, communist in nature
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George Keenan
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US embassador to Russia, wrote memo to Truman
claimed that they wer out to disrupt american way of life threw people into panic |
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US wanted to stay out of:
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European Affairs
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Truman Docterine
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Established policy of containment
help any country to defeat communism |
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George Marshal
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European Recovey program, Marshal Plan
wanted to prevent communism from spreading |
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Positive or Negative: Economic Recovery program?
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positive, prosperity restores, unprecedented growth
Soviets were not happy |
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Berlin Crisis
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disagreements over Germany were great
cut off acess to the city Westerneers issued own currency for western Germany New currecy circulated in Berlin too better than soviet currency closed off Berlin |
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Berlin Airlift
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response to Berlin Crisis
food medicine, supplies into Berlin flights landing every 45 seconds |
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NATO and Warsaw Pact simmulariteis
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NATO-democracy
Warsaw- communit, russia |
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collective security
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everyone defends each other
democracies push for it |
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trying to prevent soviets from:
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expanding
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Did west Germany join NATO?
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yes, causing Russia to create Warsaw Pact
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1949, communism is spreding like wildfire
People's republic of China |
communist
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Atomic Bomb
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soviets finally created one
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COMECON
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economic alliance between communist countries
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Korea divided by
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38th parallell
north:Communist South:not supposed to reunite Korea |
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Korean war:
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communists invaded South Korea
UN helped Soviets refused UN because they refused China Communist pressure against a non communist state cease fire is called 38th parallell was put back |
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Who developed Hydrogen bomb?
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US and USSR
world now has 2 neclear powers |
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Shifted efforts to helping European countries
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Russia under stalin:
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called WW2 the Great patriotic war of the fatherland
Stalin had to reestablish toalitarian nature killed many soviets after ww2 |
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Gullags
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forced labor camps
accredited for industrailization killed many people |
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KGB
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secret police
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Only country amoung eastern bloc that was not dominated by Russia
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Yugoslavia
mixed economy collectvisation some industries under provivate ownership threat to comunist way |
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Biggest issue with Eastern Bloc?
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economic recovery
Russia is only one to allow recovery |
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No emphasis on?
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consumer goods
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Economic acception to no emphasis on goods?
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checoslavakia, already industrialized
past expreience with democracy |
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Who takes over after Stalin dies?
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Kruchev
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