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47 Cards in this Set
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Who were the Big three? Name and country?
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USA- FDR/Truman
Russia- Stalin Great Britian- Churchill |
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What agreement did they reach in February of 1945?
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1) Occupation of Germany
2)Russia would allow free elections in the land they took in Europe 3)Russia would help USA fight Japan in exchange for Asain land |
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How was Germany going to be occupied and controlled after the war?
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Split into four sections (Russia, G.B., USA, France)
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What was the United Nations?
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A group of nations to settle world disputes (prevent wars)
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What did Stalin and communist Russia do?
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Put coomi goverments in easterrn Europe (Poland, Romanina, Czech, Bulgaria, Yugoslovia, Hungary, East Germany)
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Why did the USSR want to create communist countires in eastern Europe?
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More power to influence the world, buffer zone to protect Russia
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Where freedom ends and communism begins in Europe
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Iron Curtain
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Explain Truman;s response twords the Soviet agression
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Containment- contain communism in important areas of the world (stop growing) military/ economics
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We will help nations threatened by communism (worked in Greece and Turkey)
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Truman Doctrine
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plan to rebuild western Europe and make democracy strong
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Marshall Plan
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What did the Soviets do in Berlin? How did Truman respond?
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Berlin was divided into four parts and Russia closed the city to all goods coming to it
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Cold war
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two countries or groups that oppose each other but don't fight directly (USA or USSR)
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USA, Canada, G.B., and 9 Euro countires) Attack on one is considered attack on all
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Eastern communist countries and Russia NATO pact
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Warsaw Pact
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_________ was given independent rule in 1946 after the US controlled them since the Spanish American War.
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Phillapeins
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Discribe who claimed Palestine and what happened there? Why is this still a problem today?
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Jews and Arabs- UN and the world said the Jews could settle, their turmoil still continues
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What happened in China in 1949? How?
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Chinese civil war- Soviets backed Communism, US backed democracy (defeated USA)
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Where did those fighting communism retreat to?
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Tiawan- still claims independence although China rules over them
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Why did prices go up after WW2?
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Demand caused inflation
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What labor problems occoured in the US after the war?
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people wanted better wages/working conditions
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Fair deal?
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domestic reform to solve Americas economic problems
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How did each party feel about buisness and labor unions?
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Republicans- favored big buisness and limit Union power
Democrats- favored the common people/unions |
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CIA
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collected info about parts on the world (spy)
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National Security Act
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put all parts of military under the Department of Defense (Pentagon)
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Breifly describe the election of 1948
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Dewey led entire race and papers even proclaimed him the winner before all the votes were tallied; Truman won re-election
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What was the plan for the occupation of Japan?
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USA would occupy, Mc Carthur was in charge of everything
-Punish military leaders and disarm -Lost all colonies and territory -Form a democratic goverment |
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N. Korea wanted to do what after WW2?
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unite Korea under one communist goverment
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Why did commi N. Korea attack S. Korea in 1950?
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To achive their goal
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Did N. Korea listen to the UN order to withdraw?
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NO
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Who did Truman send to defeat N. Korea and Unify the country?
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Mc Carthur led the US and UN troops (500,000)
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Why did the war end in a stalemate?
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Neither side gained teritory, Allies had slight victory
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How was the war "conflict" ended?
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Country was split up at the 38th degree paralell as a DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
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What was the Red Scare?
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The fear of communism spies in American goverment
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Who was Joseph Mc Carthy?
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Governer who accused many people of communism with little or no evidence
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How did Americans feel about Truman as he left the office?
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He wasn't very popular, glad to see him go
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Ten years later how did people look at Truman's presidency?
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Most people thought he did a good job based on the circumstances
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________ was how much a nice middle class home cost after the war
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$8,000
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What was the baby boom?
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lots of babies that were born after World War 2 (25 million babies in 15 years)
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How many people died in Russia? What did they vow would never happen again?
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20 million, to be unprotected and vulnerable
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How many countries did we have troops in? Did isolationist attitudes continue?
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20 countries, No
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What was the first major confrontation in the Cold War?
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Berlin wwas cut off from the free world
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_________was what supplied the city of Berlin from the German blockade
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airplanes, Berlin Airlift
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_________Americans died in the Korean War
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over 50,000
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Why did John Mc Cain beleieve that many Americans ignored the war?
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Other side of the world, many didn't think it was a threat
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What did Joseph Mc Carthy claim?
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Communists were in our goverment
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What did Mc Carthur want to do when the war was a stalemate in 1951?
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Use more wepons including nuclear warfare
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The_________bomb was tested in 1952 and was_____times more poweerful than the bomb dropped on Hirojima
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hydrogen, 1,000x
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