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25 Cards in this Set
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state one feature of a 'cold war'?
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no direct fighting
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the cold war was a war of ideologies, what were they?
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communism and capitalism
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which countries made up the uneasy wartime alliance
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USA, USSR and GB
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Who was their common enemy?
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Germany
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name the three wartime conferences in chronological order
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Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam
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state one thing that they agreed upon at any conference
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sphere of influence
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state one source of tension at any of the conferences
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when Truman took over as president. he had little respect for Stalin and tried to change everything agreed at Yalta
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name the two superpowers who emerged at the end of WW2
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the USA + USSR
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state two ways in which Stalin gained control over eastern Europe
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buffer zone, manipulation
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name two countries in eastern Europe
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Hungary, Poland
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state one key term you could use to describe eastern europe
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communist
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a civil war in which country prompted the Truman doctrine
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Greece
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What was the main feature or purpose of the Truman doctrine
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containment
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why were the Americans so fearful of poverty in europe
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communism appealed to poorer countries
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when was the Marshall Plan
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1947
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how much money did it commit to the 'shattered economies' of europe
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17 billion
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in order to counter the Marshall Plan, what did Stalin set up
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the Berlin blockade
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What was the purpose of cominform
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to ensure the loyalty of eastern European governments
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when was the Berlin blockade
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1948-1949
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What was the name given to the occupation zones which the USA, GB and France joined up
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trizonia
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What organization was set up by the west as an effect of the Berlin blockade
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NATO
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Who replaced Stalin as the leader of the SU
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Khrushchev
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What policy spurred the Hungarian people on to rebel
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de-stalinisation
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Who replaced rakosi as the leader of hungary
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nagy
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state one reform Nagy requested
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leave the Warsaw pact
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