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47 Cards in this Set
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Features of communism |
- one-party state - limits on human rights - wealth more evenly distributed - government run - media owned by government |
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Features of capitalism |
- democratic state - fewer limits on human rights - wealth distributed unevenly - free-market economy - media owned by individuals |
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Years of roosevelt being president of USA |
1953-1945 |
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Years of Stalin being leader of Soviet Union |
1920s to 1953 |
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Roosevelt brief summary |
Believed in democracy but compromised, forming alliance with Stalin Thought he would need soviet support against japan after they bombed Pearl harbour in 1941 Was not always tough in negotiations |
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Churchill brief summary |
Conservative - had traditional values Believed strongly in the British empire |
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Stalin brief summary |
Stood firm in negotiations Convinced that the west wanted to destroy communism |
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Emergence of the two sides after WWII |
USSR and USA had emerged as the two global ‘superpowers’ The old powers (Britain and France) less important |
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What was the grand alliance? |
Military alliance consisting of the three major allied powers of World War II; USSR, USA, and UK |
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Stalin initial attitude to roosevelt |
Suspicious |
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Stalin initial attitude towards Churchill |
Suspicious |
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Roosevelt initial attitude towards Stalin |
Friendly - needed Stalin |
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Roosevelt initial attitude towards Churchill |
Friendly |
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Churchill initial attitude towards Stalin |
Suspicious |
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Churchill initial attitude towards Roosevelt |
Feared he was too pro-russia |
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When was Tehran |
Nov 1943 |
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When was Yalta |
Feb 1945 |
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When was Potsdam |
July - aug 1945 |
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Purpose of Tehran? |
To plan winning strategy to end the war |
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Agreements of tehran |
- Stalin would declare war against Japan and supply soviet troops to help USA against japan - agreed that Poland should receive land from Germany, but USSR could keep the land it had seized from Poland in 1939 - international body to be set up to settle disputes |
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Problems of tehran |
Tension between USA and Britain - Roosevelt seemed to view British colonialism as a threat to world peace |
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Yalta purpose |
Discussing winning the war and post war settlement |
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Yalta agreements |
- Germany into four zones - Germany to pay 20 billion dollars reparations - UN set up - Stalin agreed that future governments of countries in Europe would be decided in free elections |
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When did Roosevelt die? |
April 1945 Replaced by Harry Truman |
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Who was the new labour prime minister after Churchill lost 1945 general election? |
Clement attlee |
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Purpose of Potsdam? |
New leaders, relations different - Truman determined to be tough with Stalin |
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Potsdam problems? |
Truman objected to the control the USSR had over the countries it had liberated |
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What and when was the long telegram |
Sent from Moscow to America 24 Feb 1946 Kennan reported that Stalin wanted to see the destruction of capitalism |
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What and when was the long telegram |
Sent from Moscow to America 24 Feb 1946 Kennan reported that Stalin wanted to see the destruction of capitalism |
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What was the novikov telegram? |
To government in Moscow Said that USA wanted to use their military power to dominate. Believed Americans no longer wanted to cooperate with the Soviet Union |
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When were Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia conquered |
1940 |
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When was the Truman doctrine announced |
March 1947 |
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When was the Truman doctrine announced |
March 1947 |
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When was the Marshall plan announced |
June 1947 |
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What was the Truman doctrine? |
Belief - to contain communism |
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What was the Truman doctrine? |
Belief - to contain communism |
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What was the marshal plan |
Provided economic aid to help war-torn countries in order to stop communism from taking over Western Europe |
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When was cominform set up |
22 sep 1947 |
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When was Comecon set up |
25 jan 1949 |
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When was Eisenhower elected president |
1952 Took office in jan 1953 |
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When was Eisenhower elected president |
1952 Took office in jan 1953 |
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When was death of Stalin? |
5 March 1953 |
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Date of the actual Hungarian uprising? |
4 nov 1956 |
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Date of the actual Hungarian uprising? |
4 nov 1956 |
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How many tanks rolled into Budapest during Hungarian uprising? |
1000 |
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How many Hungarians killed in the uprising |
Up to 20 000 |
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How many soviets killed in Hungarian uprising |
7000 |
