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What was agreed upon at the Yalta conference?
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1-UN organization
2-Stalin agreed to invade Japan 3-Germany--anticipating dividing it 4-Stalin agreed to hold free and democratic elections in Poland and Eastern Europe 5-Stalin didn't agree to remove Soviet Army from Eastern Europe |
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Who was at the Yalta conference?
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1-Stalin
2-FDR 3-Churchill |
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Who was at the Potsdam Conference?
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1-Stalin
2-Truman 3-Churchill |
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What are the 3 points of the Potsdam Conference?
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1-Denazification
2-Restored freedoms and democratic policies 3-Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones |
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What are the 4 zones that germany and berlin were divided into during the Potsdam conference?
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1-US
2-GB 3-SU 4-France |
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What were the Nuremberg Trials intended to do?
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To give the living victims of the holocaust closure by sending some (9) to prison and some (12) to execution
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What replaced COMINTERN?
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Cominform
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What was the Iron Curtain Speech?
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Winston Churchill's speech telling people that Stalin is drawing an Iron curtain over E. Europe. The "Iron Curtain" is Stalin's domination over E. Europe.
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What were the causes of the Cold War?
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1-Democracy vs. communism
2-Distrust 3-A Bomb 4-Eastern Europe and Germany--quarrels over the two |
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Describe the Berlin Blockade
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Stalin makes blockades to Berlin from British and US zone and cuts off power in Berlin
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
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GB had idea (and US helped) to bring provisions to Berlin
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What 2 things were discussed in the Truman Doctrine?
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1-Requested $400 million and assistance to Greece and Turkey
2-U.S. policy to help and support free people who are being coerced by armed minorities or outside forces |
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What were the 2 purposes of the Marshall Plan?
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1-To help Europe rebuild
2-To protect W. Europe from communism |
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Who was Chiang Kai-Shek?
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China communist who wanted a national gov't and ended up needing to flee to Taiwan
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Who was Mao Zedong?
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Rose to power in China after Chiang Kai-Shek fled China
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Name a few of the countries in NATO
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US
Canada GB France Belgium Netherlands Luxenbourg Italy Portegal Denmark Norway Ireland |
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What does SEATO stand for?
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South East Asia Treaty Organization
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Who is in SEATO?
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US
GB France Australia New Zealand Phillipines Pakistan Thailand |
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Who is in CENTO?
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Turkey
GB US Iraq Iran Pakistan |
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What was the purpose of CENTO?
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To keep the middles east safe from communism
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Who was left out of the Warsaw Pact?
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Yugoslavia
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Who was part of the Warsaw pact?
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SU
poland czech hungary e. germany romania albania bulgaria |
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What does COMECON mean?
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-Council for mutual economic assistance
-"Marshall plan of the East" that forced E. Europe to borrow money |
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Who is Ho Chi Minh?
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Vietnam communist who was opposed to the French and was part of the Geneva Conference
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Israel 1948
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-The British took over Palastine
-The Anglo-American Committee got replaced with UNSCOP. Israel became new independent state |
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What's another word associated with Benelux?
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Common Market
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Who was involved in the Common Market and what did they do?
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Belgium, netherlands, and luxenbourg form union and abolish all tariffs between each other.
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Talk about the Suez Canal Crisis
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Gamal nasser bought weapons from USSR so loan didn't go through for the dam and the US and SU were both turned against GB and France going to Egypt
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What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
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US would give economic and military assistance to any middle eastern country fighting subversion
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What was the Bay of Pigs?
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JFK was in charge of trying to get people to hate Castro by dropping Insurgeons at Bay of Pigs. Unfotunately, Castro was there to greet them and 2000 were killed while 1500 captured
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What were the significant points of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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-Soviet missile sights to help Castro
-for 13 days the world stood still. -JFK agreed never to invade SU again if SU agreed to get rid of missiles |
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Who was Imre Nagy?
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Communist leader who was captured by the Russians and joined the Bolsheviks.he was deceived by Janos Kardor and spent 2 years in prison because he wanted to change the course of communism
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Who was Charles De Gaulle?
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President of the 5th republic who worked out a deal between Algeria's dependency and conservatism/liberalism
*his goal was to make France the new world power* |
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What was said of the Single Europe Act?
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We will have complete integration by 1992
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What did the 1992 Maastricht Treaty state?
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That all EC members decided on one currency-->the Euro
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What is Willy Brandt known for?
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the 2nd w. german chancellor who created ospolitik
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Define Ospolitik
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Cooperation instead of domination over east germany to open more doors
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What is so important about Helmut Kohl?
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the Last W. German chancellor who sped up German unification
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What are the reasons for the 1960s Student revolts?
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1-Vietnam War
2-civil rights 3-reacting against convictions placed on them from parents 4-reacting against school policies |
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Who resigns because of the student revolts in the 1960s?
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Charles Degaul
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What were 3 new things for women during feminist movement?
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1-More getting educated
2-Bringing issues up about birth control and rape 3-Equality |
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What did Simone de Beauvoir write and what is it about?
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Second Sex is about women not being born as women. Women are created the other sex.
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What did Betty Friedan write and what was it about?
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Feminine Mystique is about the complications that women have about trying to break out of the traditional mold of women
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Talk about Margaret Thatcher
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The only female prime minister in British history. Nicknamed the Iron Lady
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Who is Tony Blair
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The British Prime Minister after John Major
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Who is Indira Gandhi?
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India Prime Minister who used loopholes in the constitution for her advantage.
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Who is Alexander Dubcek
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First commuinst secretary for Czech communist. Wanted Prague Spring.
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What is Prague Spring?
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1-Economic decentralization
2-Complete lifting of censorship |
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What were some of the points of the 1970s economic problems?
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OPEC oil embargo to US from Egypt (prices HIGH) and the 6 day war (Israel attacked west bank in Egypt) and stagflation
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What does SALT 1 stand for?
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
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What is significant about SALT 1?
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They limited the number of nuclear warheads each side (SU and US) could make and have.
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What was agreed upon in the Paris Peace accords?
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Pulled US out of Vietnam but POWs weren't released and damages from US weren't paid.
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What were the Camp David Accords?
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Got Egyptian and Israelis together to sign peace treaty
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What are some highlights of Ronald Reagan?
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-Unleashed new defnse system called SDI
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Who is Nicolae Ceausecu
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Hard-core communist who dictated what Romanians could think, eat, keep temperature in home, etc.
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Who is Lech Walesa?
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Non-communist who was on strike for Polish Solidarity
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What is a Velvet Revolution?
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A smooth transitions from communism to more democratic government.
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Who is Vaclav havel?
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Leader of the Civic Forum and member of Prague Spring
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Who is Leonid Brezhnev?
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Premiere of the Soviet Union who was intimidated by US SDIs ("lasers in the sky")
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Who is Mikhail Gorbechev?
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coined the word Technicrat, which means that they used up to date techniques to solve political problems. He wants to rehabilitate the Soviet Union.
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Define Perestroika
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Economic restructuring of the S.U. by cutting back on spending and the withdrawal of military. This started the first open election in the SU
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Define Glasnost
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Public input--wanted public's opinions. Russia drew out of S.U.
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Who is Boris Yeltsin?
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President of Russia who told people to make a choice between changing or staying the same.
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Who is Vladimir Putin?
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Russian president who was part of Yeltsin's cabinet and was offered the head of the FSB.
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What is the date of the Soviet Union's demise?
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January 1st 1992
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What are some of the 6 reasons for the end of the cold war?
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1-USSR broke up
2-Finances 3-Competitioin in military 4-Psychological bluffing from US 5-Reagan and Gorbachev 6-People's power (stood against gov't) |
