Churchill wanted the Italian assault to go up through the Balkans, FDR went along with Stalin’s request that there be a direct assaults on France, this meant that only Soviet troops would liberate Eastern Europe.
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The Yalta Conference (February 1945)
At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan
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What US president dropped the atomic bomb?
Truman
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The Truman Doctrine
Stop communism from spreading
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The Marshall Plan
Us offered aid to European countries devastated by war (soviets not allowed to accept). totaled $15 mil, exactly $200 bill.
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Why did French President Charles De Gaulle make france leave Nato?
Felt it was dominated by Americans, threatening French independence.
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West Germanys allowed to build an ___ , to fight back from the USSR (communism)
Army
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Korean War (1950-1953)
Demonstrated that US and USSR would avoid open conflict in Europe, but would open conflict in non-nucleard conflict elsewhere in the world.
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George Patton
Extremely controversial general, known for his temper. “Glory Hound”
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Berlin Blockade
Russians cut off the roads to US forces sending supplies
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In response to the Berlin Blockade, US flies imports in, known as
Berlin Airlift
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Hungarian Revolters known as
Freedom Fighters
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What did Winston Churchill say?
Men in europe behind an “iron curtain”
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At the time, peace sign created a v-shape, known as
victory
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De-Stalinization
Removing Stalin’s policies, and along with this slowly reconnect with the West
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“Eyebrow Guy”
Leonid Brezhnev
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Decolonization
Colonized fighting back against imperialist forces
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Symbol of the Soviets
Either tanks or AK-47’s
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What did Stalin say about Socialism?
“Putting Socialism in Poland is like a putting a saddle on a mule .”
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Brezhnev Doctrine
We reserve the right to interfere with any socialist country that’s not doing it right
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In Soviet Eastern Europe, there was peaceful co-existence with
capitalism
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Green Revolution
Advancements in Agriculture
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Sputnik
Satellite launched into space by Russians, anxiety and fears grow in American citizens.
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Russians better at
science and math
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What nation did the "cradle in the grave” policy?
Britain
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pied-noirs
black feets
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Algerian War
Europeans going to Algeria, decolonization issue and asked French gov to help.
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French’s most successful colony was at first Haiti, now
Algeria
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“double burden”
Trying to live up to society’s seemingly contradictory ideals was one reason many women accepted part-time employment
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Vietnam supported by
China
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non-alignment or neutralism
during the cold-war, 3rd or 2nd world countries would stay neutral during the cold war, playing both sides for what they could get.
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Berlin Wall
Wall set between West and East Germany. (WEST = US) (EAST= Soviets)
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In 1959, Fidel Castro takes over Cuba, makes
communist
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Cuban Missile Crisis
US and Soviet forces, tensions increased as missiles pointed towards US by soviets.
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Secret Speech
Khrushchev, in 1956 went against Stalin’s teachings and there he slandered him.
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Warsaw Pact
Made between soviet ruled European states, made to enforce communisims rule.
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Bay of Pigs Invention
Escape Cubans trained by US and given guns, failed miserably after landing at the wrong spot and getting beat by communist army.
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US questioned about it, said
they didn’t know what they were talking about
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What is the symbol of the cold war?
Berlin Wall
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Economy in West Germany was
booming
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U2’s are considered the
best pilots
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Yalta
occupy a seperate part of Germany, pay reparations to soviet.
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In order to drive Russian ships away from Cuba, the United States did a
naval blockade
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Monroe Doctrine
Opposed European Colonialism in Western Hemisphere
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(will be on the test) On The Beach
Australian book about end of the world, sterilized men and end of the world basically
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Kennedy announced that he was going to pull troops out of Vietnam, then he soon
died
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Castro ships off convicts and mental patients to America in the
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