Chapter 17 Section 1 & 2

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Soviet leader at Yalta

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Stalin

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International organization formed to protect its members against aggression.

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United Nations

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U.S. president at Yalta

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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British representative at conference at Postdam, Germany.

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Harry S. Truman

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Phrase used to represent Europe's division into mostly democratic Wesern Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.

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iron curtain

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U.S. foreign policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism.

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containment

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Truman's pledge of support for countries that rejected communism.

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Truman Doctrine

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U.S. assistance program that would provide food, machines, and other materials to European countries that needed it.

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Marshall Plan

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Struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union over political differences carried on by means short of war.

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Cold War

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Defensive military alliance of 10 Western European nations with the United States and Canada.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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Willingness of a country to go to the edge of war.

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Brinkmanship

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Foreign policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopped the spread of communism.

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containment

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The alliance that the Soviet Union formed with Eastern Europe countries in response to the formation of NATO was called the ______.

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Warsaw Pact

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Meeting between Churchill, Stalm, and FDR (Big Three)

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Yalta Conference

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During this: Agreed to divide Germany into zones controlled by the Allied military forces.

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Yalta Conference

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During this: Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan and promised Eastern Europeans would have free elections.

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Yalta Conference

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Composed of the General Assembly and 11 member body called the Security Council- had 5 permanent members- each memeber could veto an action of the security council.

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United Nations

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_______ wanted a wall of pretection and ignored the Yalta Conference.

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Stalin

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He secured communist governments in Eastern Europe.

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Stalin

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Meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Truman.

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Postdam Conference

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During This: Truman pressed for free election in Eastern Europe and Stalin refused.

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Postdam Conference

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During This: Stalin declared that capitalism and communism could not exist in the same world.

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Postdam Conference

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Soviets controlled Eastern Germany including half of Berlin became German Democratic Republic.

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iron curtain

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Western Germany became Federal Republic of Germany.

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iron curtain

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Chruchill coined this phrase:

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iron curtain

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Gave &400 million to Greece and Turkey to help stop the spread of Communism.

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Truman Doctrine

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During this: Security of State- George Marshall proposed the U.S. give aid to needy European countries.

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Marshall Plan

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Help rebuild Western Europe ($12.5 billion)

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Marshall Plan

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The Soviets blockaded the city of Berlin.

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Berlin Airlift

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The U.S. and Great Britain flew supplies into Berlin for 11 months.

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Berlin Airlift

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Signed between the Soviet Union and communist Eastern European countries.

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Warsaw Pact

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It was built to divide the city of Berlin between the communist and noncommunist side.

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Berlin Wall

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U.S. tested the first ______ then the Soviet Union.

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H-Bomb

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Began the arms race.

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H-Bomb

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During this: Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.

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Brinkmanship

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The first unmanned Soviet space ship to orbit the earth.

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Sputnik

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U.S. launched its own ______ in 1958.

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satellite

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This began the space race.

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Sputnik

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Eisenhower proposed that the U.S. and Soviet Union be able to fly over each other's territory to guard against surprise nuclear attack. Soviet Union refused.

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U-2's

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___ started to send high altitude planes over the Soviet Union.

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CIA

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In May 1960, the Soviets shot down a ___ plane and its pilot was captured.

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U-2

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Country that suffered World War II casualties second only to those of the Soviet Union:

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China

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Communist Chinese leader who held a stronghold in northwestern China:

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Mao Zedong

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Leader of Nationalist forces that dominated southwestern China:

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Jiang Jieshi

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New name for China under Mao Zedong:

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People's Republic of China

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Island to which Nationalist forces retreated:

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Taiwan

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Country that provided aid to Communist China:

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Soviet Union

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Country taken over by China in a brutal assault in 1950 and 1951:

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Tibet

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Tibetan religious leader who fled to India when China took control of Tibet:

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Dalai Lama

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Mao's plan for large collective farms:

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Great Leap Forward

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Large collective farms where peasants worked the land together and life was strictly controlled:

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Communes

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Militia units formed when Mao attempted to revive the revolution in 1966:

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Red Guards

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Major uprising in China whose goal was to establish a society in which all were equal and intellectual and artistic activity was considered dangerous:

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Cultural Revolution

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Helped fight against the Japanese.

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Mao Zedong

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Won support from the peasants.

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Mao Zedong

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Became the first communist leader of China.

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Mao Zedong

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U.S. sent $1.5 billion in aid to help fight the Japanese to this man:

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Jiang Jieshi

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When the U.S. sent the money to Jiang Jieshi to help fight the Japanese, instead of benefiting the army it went to the _______ _________.

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corrupt officers

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U.S. giving aid to _________.

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nationalists

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When China's economy started to collapse, they joined the _______.

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Communists

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Jiang Jieshi fled to the island of ______.

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Taiwan

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Nationalist government set up on the island of Taiwan and it became ______________. (US recognized it as this)

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"Republic of China"

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Mao seized the holdings of the landlords and divided it up among the peasants.

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Agrarian Reform Law

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Mao's forces killed 1 million landlords that ______ during the Agrarian Reform Law.

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resisted

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During the Agrarian Reform Law, peasants were forced to move to ______ _______.

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collective farms

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During the Agrarian Reform laws, private companies were _______.

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nationalized

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Expand the success of the Five Year Plan.

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The Great Leap Forward

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Ended in 1961 after a crop failure and a famine that killed more than 20 million people.

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The Great Leap Forward

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High school and college students that responded to Mao to have a revolution.

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Red Guards

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Shut down colleges and schools.

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Red Guards

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Led by Red Guards

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Cultural Revolution

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During This: The intellectuals had to purify themselves by doing hard labor in remote villages.

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Cultural Revolution

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By 1968 Mao admitted this had to stop and they began to restore order.

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Cultural Revolution