The Cold War

Front 1

Explain what happened in Poland.
Include: Cause, course, consequence/big picture

Back 1

Cause:
- After war, future was to be debated.
- Rioting protesting Soviet takeover.

Course:
- Kruschev comes in to try and convince the Polish to stay pro-soviet.
- Tanks were ready....
- Decided against war.
- Soviets grip on Poland let loose a bit.
- Yay, religion and individual liberties!

Consequence:
- In being so leniant and trying to accomodate the needs of Poland, the USSR strengthened its ties with this country which helped maintain their sphere of influence.

Hint 1

Riots, compromise, maintaining soviet influence

Front 2

Explain what happened in Turkey:
Cause, course, consequence

Back 2

Cause:
- Soviets wanted to control waterways linking mineral resources of North Africa and the Middle East.

Course:
- Proposal rejected.
- Stalin sent troops to Turkish border.

Consequence:
- regarded as USSR meddling in Western sphere of influence.
- US set in troops to remind them of monopoly.

Hint 2

waterways, troops, monopoly

Front 3

Explain what happened in Iran:
cause/course/consequence

Back 3

Cause:
- Soviets failed to withdraw out of Iran after the war.
- supported commie revolt

Course:
- Soviet presence worried US&Britain.
- Diplomatic pressure forced Soviets to withdraw.
- Iran persuaded into purchasing American oil equiptment.

Consequence:
- Groundwork laid for Washington-Tehran link.

Hint 3

soviets not leaving, worries&pressure, groundwork

Front 4

Explain what happened in Greece:
cause/ course/ consequence

Back 4

Cause:
- Commies hoped to take over Greece when war ended.

Course:
- Considered western sphere of influence, Britain wanted to intervene.
- unable to because of economy.
- Brits sought aid but US was being isolationalist.

Consequence:
- Brits withdrew along with aid.
- a power struggle ensued.
- Soviets eventually let it go claiming it was a western sphere of influence.

Hint 4

commie greed, brits trying, thing work out

Front 5

Marshall Plan: cause/ course/ consequence

Back 5

Cause:
- Soviet expansion alarming
- US recognizes Europe unable to defend itself.

Course:
- Marshall suggests they strengthen Western European countries to fend off commies.
- provided aid to 16 countries
- even asked USSR! But they were cranky and didnt want it even though their people were starving.

Consequence:
- Stimulated american economy
- Re-established trade
- Eastern europe got worse.

Hint 5

what should we do? Add strength! Yay happy economy!

Front 6

Czechoslovakia (coup & prague spring)
cause/ course/ consequence

Back 6

Cause:
- Nation seemed to follow Moscow's lead.
- But they wanted more independance.
- beause of Stalin they didn't get Marshall plan assistance.

Course:
- commie takeover, coup!
- Prague Spring started in 1968 and ended the same year when soviets invaded.

Consequence:
- communist coup left no doubt that soviets wanted to control their satellites.
- sparked american concern and the Marshall Plan.

Hint 6

listening to stalin, listened too much and got couped, sparked concern.

Front 7

Berlin Blockade

Back 7

Cause:
- Stalin saw sore spot in Soviet zone
- Disappointed that Allies had not left.

Course:
- Blocked all road and rail traffic into Berlin.
- Berliner's were hungry and had restricted diet because of this.
- USA flew in supplies because airways weren't blocked.
- Brandised nuclear warheads so soviets wouldnt shoot them down.

Consequence:
- blockade ended because of ineffectiveness and pricetag.

Westerns gained: West Germany (FRG)
Soviets gained: East Germany (DRG)

- Led to NATO

Hint 7

stalin mad, blocked berlin, too pricey

Front 8

NATO/WARSAW Pact

Back 8

Cause:
- Soviet desire for expansion exhibited in the Blockade and the Czech coup made West fear commies.
- Felt that Western Europe was threatened by Soviet Expansionism.

Course:
- Needed to militarily organize, created NATO.

Consequence:
- Soviets implemented Warsaw pact.
- Separation between rival spheres was complete.

Hint 8

Needed military, NATO, commie comeback

Front 9

Cominform

Back 9

Cause:
- comintern set up to promote communism
- wasn't working, opted to consolidate

Course:
- Comintern --> cominform
- They wanted to direct and maintain communism behind the iron curtain.

Consequence:
- Global revolution never occured.

Hint 9

promote/consolidate/ never really work

Front 10

Yugoslavia

Back 10

Cause:
- Yugoslavia (with help from Tito & Brits) had freed themselves from Natzi control.
- red army had not treated them well

Course:
- Stalin had issues seeing Tito as an equal.
- Tito wasn't interested in communism.

Consequence:
- Yugoslavia expelled from cominform.

Hint 10

bitter tito/uncomfortable Stalin/dismissal

Front 11

Korean War

Back 11

Cause:
- After WW2, Korea was divided into North and South Korea based on what superpower occupied it.
- Both sides wanted to the peninsula.
- No compromise seemed possible.

Course:
- North invaded South
- UN & US get involved
- Push North korea back
- China started helping North Koreans

Result:
- Eventually agreed on demilitarized zone between the two.
- turning point in foreign policies of the two superpowers
- catalyst for rearmement of Western Europe.

Hint 11

peninsula/north invades south/ demilitarized zone

Front 12

NATO/WARSAW Pact

Back 12

Cause:
- Soviet desire for expansion exhibited in the Blockade and the Czech coup made West fear commies.
- Felt that Western Europe was threatened by Soviet Expansionism.

Course:
- Needed to militarily organize, created NATO.

Consequence:
- Soviets implemented Warsaw pact.
- Separation between rival spheres was complete.

Hint 12

Needed military, NATO, commie comeback

Front 13

Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism

Back 13

Cause:
- United States was going through intense anti-communist tensions and suspicions.

Course:
- McCarthy became notes for investigated claims of communism inside federal government.
- Suspicions rose in the general public and many lost their jobs.
- Hollywood blacklist occured

Consequence:
- Several attempts to introduce legislation or apply laws to protect US from perceived threat.

Hint 13

suspicion/ paranoia/trying to control

Front 14

Hungary

Back 14

Cause:
- liberated by USSR
- Demanded independece from Soviet control/ raise livings conditions/ econonomic standards

Course:
- 200 000 Hungarians began protesting in Budapest
- resembled revolution
- Soviets remove Rakosi and put in Imre Nagy
- Unbenounced to the USSR, Nagy wanted compelte autonomy and wanted out of Warsaw Pact.

Consquence:
- Stalin sent in troops to control Hungarians
- they would not sacrifice their security
- thousands of hungarians were tried and executed

Hint 14

similar to Poland but with bad outcome.

Front 15

Cominform

Back 15

Cause:
- comintern set up to promote communism
- wasn't working, opted to consolidate

Course:
- Comintern --> cominform
- They wanted to direct and maintain communism behind the iron curtain.

Consequence:
- Global revolution never occured.

Hint 15

promote/consolidate/ never really work

Front 16

Kruschev Era

Back 16

Cause:
- succeded Stalin
- denounced Stalin and started destalinization

Course:
- some eastern european countries believed freedom was coming

Consequence:
- Kruschev was a risktaker
- Put missiles in Cuba
- Almost started a Nuclear War

Hint 16

Stalin defeat/ freedom maybe/ risky business

Front 17

Yugoslavia

Back 17

Cause:
- Yugoslavia (with help from Tito & Brits) had freed themselves from Natzi control.
- red army had not treated them well

Course:
- Stalin had issues seeing Tito as an equal.
- Tito wasn't interested in communism.

Consequence:
- Yugoslavia expelled from cominform.

Hint 17

bitter tito/uncomfortable Stalin/dismissal

Front 18

U2 Spy Plane

Back 18

- US developed plane that was undetected
- flew over Siberia, shot down
- world knew US had been monitering missile sites
- world was now able to ascertain Soviet Strategic weakness

Hint 18

Undetectable/ shot down/ obvious

Front 19

NATO/WARSAW Pact

Back 19

Cause:
- Soviet desire for expansion exhibited in the Blockade and the Czech coup made West fear commies.
- Felt that Western Europe was threatened by Soviet Expansionism.

Course:
- Needed to militarily organize, created NATO.

Consequence:
- Soviets implemented Warsaw pact.
- Separation between rival spheres was complete.

Hint 19

Needed military, NATO, commie comeback

Front 20

NATO/WARSAW Pact

Back 20

Cause:
- Soviet desire for expansion exhibited in the Blockade and the Czech coup made West fear commies.
- Felt that Western Europe was threatened by Soviet Expansionism.

Course:
- Needed to militarily organize, created NATO.

Consequence:
- Soviets implemented Warsaw pact.
- Separation between rival spheres was complete.

Hint 20

Needed military, NATO, commie comeback

Front 21

Korean War

Back 21

Cause:
- After WW2, Korea was divided into North and South Korea based on what superpower occupied it.
- Both sides wanted to the peninsula.
- No compromise seemed possible.

Course:
- North invaded South
- UN & US get involved
- Push North korea back
- China started helping North Koreans

Result:
- Eventually agreed on demilitarized zone between the two.
- turning point in foreign policies of the two superpowers
- catalyst for rearmement of Western Europe.

Hint 21

peninsula/north invades south/ demilitarized zone

Front 22

Cuban Missile Crisis

Back 22

Cause:
- Soviet arms and equipment were sent to Cuba to protect their island.

Course:
- Bay fo Pigs happens, embarrassment for Kennedy
- US U2 Spyplane shwed evidence of ballistic missile sites pointed right at States

Consequence:
- Through negotiations, US would remove quarantine and USSR would remove missiles
- This led to a detente between the superpowers, hotline was installed.

Hint 22

USSR present 4 Cuba/ US detects it/ detente

Front 23

Berlin Wall

Back 23

Cause:
- Kruschev wanted to seal off West Berlin from East Berlin.

Course:
- Berlin wall was built

Consequence:
- Served as cold war icon
- taken down in 1989

Hint 23

thinking.../built/broken symbol

Front 24

Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism

Back 24

Cause:
- United States was going through intense anti-communist tensions and suspicions.

Course:
- McCarthy became notes for investigated claims of communism inside federal government.
- Suspicions rose in the general public and many lost their jobs.
- Hollywood blacklist occured

Consequence:
- Several attempts to introduce legislation or apply laws to protect US from perceived threat.

Hint 24

suspicion/ paranoia/trying to control

Front 25

Cominform

Back 25

Cause:
- comintern set up to promote communism
- wasn't working, opted to consolidate

Course:
- Comintern --> cominform
- They wanted to direct and maintain communism behind the iron curtain.

Consequence:
- Global revolution never occured.

Hint 25

promote/consolidate/ never really work

Front 26

Cominform

Back 26

Cause:
- comintern set up to promote communism
- wasn't working, opted to consolidate

Course:
- Comintern --> cominform
- They wanted to direct and maintain communism behind the iron curtain.

Consequence:
- Global revolution never occured.

Hint 26

promote/consolidate/ never really work

Front 27

China

Back 27

Cause:
- Stalin didn't beleive Moa Zedong was true communist
- China wanted to develop its own militant policies, resentful of dependece to Moscow

Course:
- Soviets ambushed by Chinese
- Soviets reinforce border

Consequence:
- more troops along this border than all of Eastern Europe
- The Soviets tried to maintain their Soviet influence in China by installing these inforcements.

Hint 27

resentment/ambush/border patrol

Front 28

Yugoslavia

Back 28

Cause:
- Yugoslavia (with help from Tito & Brits) had freed themselves from Natzi control.
- red army had not treated them well

Course:
- Stalin had issues seeing Tito as an equal.
- Tito wasn't interested in communism.

Consequence:
- Yugoslavia expelled from cominform.

Hint 28

bitter tito/uncomfortable Stalin/dismissal

Front 29

Yugoslavia

Back 29

Cause:
- Yugoslavia (with help from Tito & Brits) had freed themselves from Natzi control.
- red army had not treated them well

Course:
- Stalin had issues seeing Tito as an equal.
- Tito wasn't interested in communism.

Consequence:
- Yugoslavia expelled from cominform.

Hint 29

bitter tito/uncomfortable Stalin/dismissal

Front 30

Vietnam War

Back 30

Cause:
- applied domino effect
- Eisenhower said if US didnt take a stand all of Southeast asia could fall under communist rule.

Course:
- US withdrew
- Peace agreements signed
- Didnt last long
- North invaded south
- Fell under communist control
- Hundreds of supporters of the South Vietnamese governemnt were executed, thousdands more imprisoned.

Consequence:
- Controversial war
- war had dramatic effects on both societies
- now communist

Hint 30

Eisenhower worries/ US tries, withdraws/communist takeover

Front 31

Hungary

Back 31

Cause:
- liberated by USSR
- Demanded independece from Soviet control/ raise livings conditions/ econonomic standards

Course:
- 200 000 Hungarians began protesting in Budapest
- resembled revolution
- Soviets remove Rakosi and put in Imre Nagy
- Unbenounced to the USSR, Nagy wanted compelte autonomy and wanted out of Warsaw Pact.

Consquence:
- Stalin sent in troops to control Hungarians
- they would not sacrifice their security
- thousands of hungarians were tried and executed

Hint 31

similar to Poland but with bad outcome.

Front 32

Korean War

Back 32

Cause:
- After WW2, Korea was divided into North and South Korea based on what superpower occupied it.
- Both sides wanted to the peninsula.
- No compromise seemed possible.

Course:
- North invaded South
- UN & US get involved
- Push North korea back
- China started helping North Koreans

Result:
- Eventually agreed on demilitarized zone between the two.
- turning point in foreign policies of the two superpowers
- catalyst for rearmement of Western Europe.

Hint 32

peninsula/north invades south/ demilitarized zone

Front 33

Korean War

Back 33

Cause:
- After WW2, Korea was divided into North and South Korea based on what superpower occupied it.
- Both sides wanted to the peninsula.
- No compromise seemed possible.

Course:
- North invaded South
- UN & US get involved
- Push North korea back
- China started helping North Koreans

Result:
- Eventually agreed on demilitarized zone between the two.
- turning point in foreign policies of the two superpowers
- catalyst for rearmement of Western Europe.

Hint 33

peninsula/north invades south/ demilitarized zone

Front 34

Kruschev Era

Back 34

Cause:
- succeded Stalin
- denounced Stalin and started destalinization

Course:
- some eastern european countries believed freedom was coming

Consequence:
- Kruschev was a risktaker
- Put missiles in Cuba
- Almost started a Nuclear War

Hint 34

Stalin defeat/ freedom maybe/ risky business

Front 35

Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism

Back 35

Cause:
- United States was going through intense anti-communist tensions and suspicions.

Course:
- McCarthy became notes for investigated claims of communism inside federal government.
- Suspicions rose in the general public and many lost their jobs.
- Hollywood blacklist occured

Consequence:
- Several attempts to introduce legislation or apply laws to protect US from perceived threat.

Hint 35

suspicion/ paranoia/trying to control

Front 36

Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism

Back 36

Cause:
- United States was going through intense anti-communist tensions and suspicions.

Course:
- McCarthy became notes for investigated claims of communism inside federal government.
- Suspicions rose in the general public and many lost their jobs.
- Hollywood blacklist occured

Consequence:
- Several attempts to introduce legislation or apply laws to protect US from perceived threat.

Hint 36

suspicion/ paranoia/trying to control

Front 37

Nuclear Arm Race
Salt 1 & 2

Back 37

Cause:
- US had unchallenged monopoly of weaponry.
- Soviets tried to catch up

Course:
- they competed in everything
- SALT 1&2 helped a little with arms control
- limits of number of weapons
- "first strike" theory MAD

Consquence:
- Gorbachev's rise to power relieved some tension between the two powers
- held summits
- both superpowers realized they needed to sooperate in order to better their own domestic renewals.

Hint 37

us BEST/ MAD competition/ compromise

Front 38

U2 Spy Plane

Back 38

- US developed plane that was undetected
- flew over Siberia, shot down
- world knew US had been monitering missile sites
- world was now able to ascertain Soviet Strategic weakness

Hint 38

Undetectable/ shot down/ obvious

Front 39

Hungary

Back 39

Cause:
- liberated by USSR
- Demanded independece from Soviet control/ raise livings conditions/ econonomic standards

Course:
- 200 000 Hungarians began protesting in Budapest
- resembled revolution
- Soviets remove Rakosi and put in Imre Nagy
- Unbenounced to the USSR, Nagy wanted compelte autonomy and wanted out of Warsaw Pact.

Consquence:
- Stalin sent in troops to control Hungarians
- they would not sacrifice their security
- thousands of hungarians were tried and executed

Hint 39

similar to Poland but with bad outcome.

Front 40

Hungary

Back 40

Cause:
- liberated by USSR
- Demanded independece from Soviet control/ raise livings conditions/ econonomic standards

Course:
- 200 000 Hungarians began protesting in Budapest
- resembled revolution
- Soviets remove Rakosi and put in Imre Nagy
- Unbenounced to the USSR, Nagy wanted compelte autonomy and wanted out of Warsaw Pact.

Consquence:
- Stalin sent in troops to control Hungarians
- they would not sacrifice their security
- thousands of hungarians were tried and executed

Hint 40

similar to Poland but with bad outcome.

Front 41

Cuban Missile Crisis

Back 41

Cause:
- Soviet arms and equipment were sent to Cuba to protect their island.

Course:
- Bay fo Pigs happens, embarrassment for Kennedy
- US U2 Spyplane shwed evidence of ballistic missile sites pointed right at States

Consequence:
- Through negotiations, US would remove quarantine and USSR would remove missiles
- This led to a detente between the superpowers, hotline was installed.

Hint 41

USSR present 4 Cuba/ US detects it/ detente

Front 42

Kruschev Era

Back 42

Cause:
- succeded Stalin
- denounced Stalin and started destalinization

Course:
- some eastern european countries believed freedom was coming

Consequence:
- Kruschev was a risktaker
- Put missiles in Cuba
- Almost started a Nuclear War

Hint 42

Stalin defeat/ freedom maybe/ risky business

Front 43

Kruschev Era

Back 43

Cause:
- succeded Stalin
- denounced Stalin and started destalinization

Course:
- some eastern european countries believed freedom was coming

Consequence:
- Kruschev was a risktaker
- Put missiles in Cuba
- Almost started a Nuclear War

Hint 43

Stalin defeat/ freedom maybe/ risky business

Front 44

U2 Spy Plane

Back 44

- US developed plane that was undetected
- flew over Siberia, shot down
- world knew US had been monitering missile sites
- world was now able to ascertain Soviet Strategic weakness

Hint 44

Undetectable/ shot down/ obvious

Front 45

U2 Spy Plane

Back 45

- US developed plane that was undetected
- flew over Siberia, shot down
- world knew US had been monitering missile sites
- world was now able to ascertain Soviet Strategic weakness

Hint 45

Undetectable/ shot down/ obvious

Front 46

Berlin Wall

Back 46

Cause:
- Kruschev wanted to seal off West Berlin from East Berlin.

Course:
- Berlin wall was built

Consequence:
- Served as cold war icon
- taken down in 1989

Hint 46

thinking.../built/broken symbol

Front 47

Cuban Missile Crisis

Back 47

Cause:
- Soviet arms and equipment were sent to Cuba to protect their island.

Course:
- Bay fo Pigs happens, embarrassment for Kennedy
- US U2 Spyplane shwed evidence of ballistic missile sites pointed right at States

Consequence:
- Through negotiations, US would remove quarantine and USSR would remove missiles
- This led to a detente between the superpowers, hotline was installed.

Hint 47

USSR present 4 Cuba/ US detects it/ detente

Front 48

China

Back 48

Cause:
- Stalin didn't beleive Moa Zedong was true communist
- China wanted to develop its own militant policies, resentful of dependece to Moscow

Course:
- Soviets ambushed by Chinese
- Soviets reinforce border

Consequence:
- more troops along this border than all of Eastern Europe
- The Soviets tried to maintain their Soviet influence in China by installing these inforcements.

Hint 48

resentment/ambush/border patrol

Front 49

Cuban Missile Crisis

Back 49

Cause:
- Soviet arms and equipment were sent to Cuba to protect their island.

Course:
- Bay fo Pigs happens, embarrassment for Kennedy
- US U2 Spyplane shwed evidence of ballistic missile sites pointed right at States

Consequence:
- Through negotiations, US would remove quarantine and USSR would remove missiles
- This led to a detente between the superpowers, hotline was installed.

Hint 49

USSR present 4 Cuba/ US detects it/ detente

Front 50

Berlin Wall

Back 50

Cause:
- Kruschev wanted to seal off West Berlin from East Berlin.

Course:
- Berlin wall was built

Consequence:
- Served as cold war icon
- taken down in 1989

Hint 50

thinking.../built/broken symbol

Front 51

Berlin Wall

Back 51

Cause:
- Kruschev wanted to seal off West Berlin from East Berlin.

Course:
- Berlin wall was built

Consequence:
- Served as cold war icon
- taken down in 1989

Hint 51

thinking.../built/broken symbol

Front 52

Vietnam War

Back 52

Cause:
- applied domino effect
- Eisenhower said if US didnt take a stand all of Southeast asia could fall under communist rule.

Course:
- US withdrew
- Peace agreements signed
- Didnt last long
- North invaded south
- Fell under communist control
- Hundreds of supporters of the South Vietnamese governemnt were executed, thousdands more imprisoned.

Consequence:
- Controversial war
- war had dramatic effects on both societies
- now communist

Hint 52

Eisenhower worries/ US tries, withdraws/communist takeover

Front 53

China

Back 53

Cause:
- Stalin didn't beleive Moa Zedong was true communist
- China wanted to develop its own militant policies, resentful of dependece to Moscow

Course:
- Soviets ambushed by Chinese
- Soviets reinforce border

Consequence:
- more troops along this border than all of Eastern Europe
- The Soviets tried to maintain their Soviet influence in China by installing these inforcements.

Hint 53

resentment/ambush/border patrol

Front 54

China

Back 54

Cause:
- Stalin didn't beleive Moa Zedong was true communist
- China wanted to develop its own militant policies, resentful of dependece to Moscow

Course:
- Soviets ambushed by Chinese
- Soviets reinforce border

Consequence:
- more troops along this border than all of Eastern Europe
- The Soviets tried to maintain their Soviet influence in China by installing these inforcements.

Hint 54

resentment/ambush/border patrol

Front 55

Nuclear Arm Race
Salt 1 & 2

Back 55

Cause:
- US had unchallenged monopoly of weaponry.
- Soviets tried to catch up

Course:
- they competed in everything
- SALT 1&2 helped a little with arms control
- limits of number of weapons
- "first strike" theory MAD

Consquence:
- Gorbachev's rise to power relieved some tension between the two powers
- held summits
- both superpowers realized they needed to sooperate in order to better their own domestic renewals.

Hint 55

us BEST/ MAD competition/ compromise

Front 56

Vietnam War

Back 56

Cause:
- applied domino effect
- Eisenhower said if US didnt take a stand all of Southeast asia could fall under communist rule.

Course:
- US withdrew
- Peace agreements signed
- Didnt last long
- North invaded south
- Fell under communist control
- Hundreds of supporters of the South Vietnamese governemnt were executed, thousdands more imprisoned.

Consequence:
- Controversial war
- war had dramatic effects on both societies
- now communist

Hint 56

Eisenhower worries/ US tries, withdraws/communist takeover

Front 57

Nuclear Arm Race
Salt 1 & 2

Back 57

Cause:
- US had unchallenged monopoly of weaponry.
- Soviets tried to catch up

Course:
- they competed in everything
- SALT 1&2 helped a little with arms control
- limits of number of weapons
- "first strike" theory MAD

Consquence:
- Gorbachev's rise to power relieved some tension between the two powers
- held summits
- both superpowers realized they needed to sooperate in order to better their own domestic renewals.

Hint 57

us BEST/ MAD competition/ compromise

Front 58

Vietnam War

Back 58

Cause:
- applied domino effect
- Eisenhower said if US didnt take a stand all of Southeast asia could fall under communist rule.

Course:
- US withdrew
- Peace agreements signed
- Didnt last long
- North invaded south
- Fell under communist control
- Hundreds of supporters of the South Vietnamese governemnt were executed, thousdands more imprisoned.

Consequence:
- Controversial war
- war had dramatic effects on both societies
- now communist

Hint 58

Eisenhower worries/ US tries, withdraws/communist takeover

Front 59

Nuclear Arm Race
Salt 1 & 2

Back 59

Cause:
- US had unchallenged monopoly of weaponry.
- Soviets tried to catch up

Course:
- they competed in everything
- SALT 1&2 helped a little with arms control
- limits of number of weapons
- "first strike" theory MAD

Consquence:
- Gorbachev's rise to power relieved some tension between the two powers
- held summits
- both superpowers realized they needed to sooperate in order to better their own domestic renewals.

Hint 59

us BEST/ MAD competition/ compromise

Front 60

Afghanistan

Back 60

Cause:
- In Soviet Sphere of influence
- Soviets funding aid in the South
- Monarchy was overthrown
- Daoud established dictatorship, attacking Islamic fundamentalists
- He was executed

Course:
- Resistance movement began, led by many Muslim religous leaders
- Soviets feared continual civil turmoil

Consequence:
- Soviets invade Kabul
- Mujahedden attacks back
- Geography of landscape and Afghani people were impossible to dominate
- Handling their own Vietnam
- Soviets backed off

Consequence:
- After Soviet withdrawal, insurgents defeated their client government
- Rival Afghan factions continue to fight
- Most of the country was brought under Taliban control, a ruthless fundamentalist Muslim group known
for its harsh treatment of women.

Hint 60

civil turmoil/soviets come in/ afghanistan not very nice, led to taliban

Front 61

Reagan & Gorbachev

Back 61

Cause:
- Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviets
- He wanted to demiliterize Soviet foreign policy so that he could divert resources to fixing a broken economy.
- he expected hekp from Reagan

Course:
- Their personalities clicked and they got to talking
- Gorbachev wanted to take soviet union in new radical direction
- away from Big Lie

Consequence:
- The two were off to Geneva before thye knew it.
- Signed INF treaty
- limited all kinds of missiles

Hint 61

Gorbachev wants change/ personalites yay/ geneva

Front 62

Nicaragua

Back 62

Cause:
- Establishment of Cuban linked socialist government threatened US sphere of influence
- Sandinista movement overcomes Somoza dictatorship.

Course:
- Sandinistas involved in supplying arms from Cuba to guerrilla movement in El Salvador.
- US provides arms for former Somoza dictatorship, creating the Contras
- They waged war

Consequence:
- US was put on trial by Nicaraguan government for promoting military agression against them.
- No more funding for Contras
- US violated Congressional restrictions through a covert fund-raising project involving Iran. (Iran- Contra Affair)
- US economic boycott of Nicaragua begins
- An opposition political party won an election which brought an end to Sandinista rule.
- US economic boycott ends.

Hint 62

cuban threat/ usa helping, put on trial/ Sandinistas overthrown