UNITS 8, 9

What was the purpose of the Tehran Conference in 1943?

To discuss dividing land acquired post-WWII.

What did Roosevelt want during the Yalta Conference in 1945?

Free elections in Eastern Europe.

What was a significant result of the Potsdam Conference in 1945?

Truman advocated for free elections in Eastern Europe, but Stalin refused.

What ideology fueled the US-Soviet rivalry after WWII?

Nationalism and competing ideologies.

What significant weapon was developed in the 1950s that escalated the Arms Race?

The Hydrogen Bomb.

What was the Truman Doctrine declared in 1947?

That America would stop Soviet Communist influence from reaching Western nations.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

To provide funding to European nations to modernize industries and resist communism.

What was the Iron Curtain?

A metaphorical division between Western (democratic) and Eastern (autocratic) nations.

What did the Non-Aligned Movement seek to achieve?

To resist superpower interference in African and Asian nations.

What did NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?

It prevented East Germans from fleeing to the West and symbolized the division of Germany.

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The US blockaded Cuba leading to an agreement to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba and US missiles from Turkey.

What major conflict was sparked by Cold War tensions in Korea?

The Korean War (1950-1953).

What did the Six-Day War in 1967 lead to?

Israel gained control of the Gaza Strip.

Who led the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?

Pol Pot.

What were the main events protested during the Prague Spring of 1968?

Calls for greater freedoms in Czechoslovakia, which were suppressed by Soviet forces.

What is Perestroika?

Gorbachev's policy of economic modification in the Soviet Union.

What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

The fall of the Berlin Wall.

What was Francisco Franco's role in Spain?

He was a dictator who suppressed opposition and maintained power through execution and imprisonment.

What was the main cause of the Decolonization movement?

Nationalist movements seeking independence from colonial powers.

What significant political change occurred in Iran during the White Revolution of 1979?

A theocracy was formed enforcing Shariah Law.

What were the START I treaty's main goals?

To limit nuclear stockpiles between the US and USSR.

What was a key aspect of the Space Race?

The competition between the US and USSR to achieve space exploration milestones, including sending humans to the moon.