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31 Cards in this Set
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Marshall Plan
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European Recovery Act; provided billions of dollars to help Europe rebuild after WWII
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Sputnik
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Russian man-made satellite
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Detente
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relaxation of tension btwn US & USSR in 1970's.
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Warsaw Pact
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Military alliance btwn Soviet Union and communist countries in eastern Europe
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Containment
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US foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
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INF
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Historic arms control treaty (1987) to eliminate some intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
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NATO
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Major military alliance of the free world
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Kazakhstan
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independent muslim country in central asia t hat used to be part of the USSR
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1. established polocies of glasnost and perestroika
2. Ordered Soviet troops withdrawn from Afghanistan and refused to send Soviet Troops to prevent the collapse of communism in eastern europe |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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This writer was elected president of Czechoslovakia as a result of the "velvet revolution"
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Vaclav Havel
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1. led de-stalinization effort, first soviet leader to visit US.
2. led soviet union to the brink of world war with cuban missile crisis |
Nikita Khrushchev
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Chancellor who led effort to reunify West and East Germany
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Helmut Kohl
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Current leader of Russia who was attempted to roll back democratic reform in order to combat terrorism
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Vladimir Putin
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1. ordered soviet occupation of eastern europe at end of WWII
2. ordered blockade of west brelin in order to test american resolve to contain communism. |
Joseph Stalin
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first democratically elected president of russia who led opposition against the failed communist coup of 1991
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Boris Yeltsin
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Led the freedom movement and became the first president of poloand after collapse of communism
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Lech Walesa
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Marshall Plan
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European Recovery Act; provided billions of dollars to help Europe rebuild after WWII
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Sputnik
|
Russian man-made satellite
|
|
Detente
|
relaxation of tension btwn US & USSR in 1970's.
|
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Warsaw Pact
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Military alliance btwn Soviet Union and communist countries in eastern Europe
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|
Containment
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US foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
|
|
INF
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Historic arms control treaty (1987) to eliminate some intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
|
|
NATO
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Major military alliance of the free world
|
|
Kazakhstan
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independent muslim country in central asia t hat used to be part of the USSR
|
|
1. established polocies of glasnost and perestroika
2. Ordered Soviet troops withdrawn from Afghanistan and refused to send Soviet Troops to prevent the collapse of communism in eastern europe |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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This writer was elected president of Czechoslovakia as a result of the "velvet revolution"
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Vaclav Havel
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1. led de-stalinization effort, first soviet leader to visit US.
2. led soviet union to the brink of world war with cuban missile crisis |
Nikita Khrushchev
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Chancellor who led effort to reunify West and East Germany
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Helmut Kohl
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Current leader of Russia who was attempted to roll back democratic reform in order to combat terrorism
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Vladimir Putin
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1. ordered soviet occupation of eastern europe at end of WWII
2. ordered blockade of west brelin in order to test american resolve to contain communism. |
Joseph Stalin
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first democratically elected president of russia who led opposition against the failed communist coup of 1991
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Boris Yeltsin
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