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What part of Korea ways democratic and which part had communism during the cold war? |
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North=communism South=democratic |
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How was Korea Divided in the cold war? |
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Who controlled the north, communist part of Korea during the cold war? |
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When did north Korea invade South Korea and why? |
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1950, wanted to unify Korea under a communist government. |
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Who supported South Korea during the cold war? |
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The US and the United Nations |
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What caused China to become involved with the Cold War? |
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The US pushed North Koreans into china. |
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Nobody won, they ended up where they started. (somewhat of a victory for the US because they were able to stop the communism from spreading) |
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What splits Korea in two dividing the north and south? |
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Who was the leader of South Vietnam during the cold war? |
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Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the cold war? |
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In 1956, in Vietnam what were elections held for? |
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What did the US fear would happen if the elections to unify vietnam happaned? |
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That the communists would gain control. |
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What was the group supported by Ho Chi Minh who began to strikem out at south vietnam? |
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The Viet Cong communist rebels. |
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What did america do to stop communists in vietnam? |
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sent large numbers of troops to vietnam. |
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What was the fear that if vietnam became communists all the other countries would as well. |
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Who was the president during the cold war who pulled US troops out of Vietnam and ordered a cease of fire. |
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Who won the vietnam (communists or democrates)? |
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In 1952 who took control of the Caban government? |
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What was Fulgencio Batista's government like? (cuba) |
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Who organized a guerrilla army to fight Batista?(cuba) |
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Was Fidel Castro(cuba) a communist or democrate? |
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Who in cuba becomes a dictator in 1959? |
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Who does Cuba allie with when castro is in power? |
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What was the Bay of Pigs? |
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When Cuba recieved aid from the soviet union which was a direct threat to the US and helped cuban nationalists to overthrow Castro. (doesn't work) |
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? |
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When the soviets build a missile base in Cuba in 1962. |
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What did the US do in response to the missile base in Cuba? |
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They made a blockade from the island and demanded the removal of missiles. |
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What is the lessening of tensions between the US and the Soviets called at the end of the Cold War? |
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What does SALT stand for and what did they do? |
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Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, they began to reduce the number of nuclear weapons after the cold war. |
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What caused the soviet economy to fail after the cold war? |
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To much money spent on defense and nuclear weapons. |
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When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan? |
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Who fought the Soviets in Afghanistan who were given supplies and military training by the US? |
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The Majahideen Afghani Rebels |
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What did the Soviets do in response to Reagan's Star Wars Program? |
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What was Star Wars? (and heres a clue it's not the movie) |
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A defense system plan to stop nuclear attacks. |
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Who was Gorbachev and what did he want to do? |
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A young conservative with new ideas for the soviet union. Wanted to encourage social and economic chages. |
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Gorbachev;s policy of "openess" plan that promoted free flow of ideas and information. (Soviet Union) |
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Gobachev's economic restruction plan that aimed to reform the central planning process of communism by allowing capitalists small private buisnesses and free enterprise. |
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The process of adding free elections and a representative government. |
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Who was Lech Walesa and what was Solidarity? |
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Leader of polish shipping trade year that turned anti-communist calling for political changes. Workers walked off their jobs and led to free elections in Poland. |
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What happens to germany in 1989 |
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Communism falls in east germany and it is unified and promises the world that they are dedicated to democracy and peace. |
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New president of soviet union after people decided they hated Gorbachev's reforms. He demanded a constitutional state. |
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The race between the US and the Soviets to build up their weapons during the cold war. |
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What is Nuclear Proliferation? |
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When countries compete the build the biggest and most destructive weapons. |
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At the height of the cold war the US and Soviets had enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world over how many times? |
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What was the first satellite sent up to orbit the earth and by whom? |
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Spudnik, the Soviet Union |
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What did the US do in response to the Soviets satellite spudnik? |
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They created NASA. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
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What was the event that started the Cold War? |
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What did stalin do to west berlin to force them to become allies? |
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block of all land routes into Berlin.(no food) |
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What did the US do in response to stalin blocking the roads to west berlin? |
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The US showed it's support for democracy and Germany by flting supplies in west berlin for 11 months until the soviets gave up and ended the blockade. |
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What was the Iron Curtain? |
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The imaginary line that divided east and west europe. |
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Which part of europe was democracy and which supported communism and which part did Stalin support? |
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West=democracy (US supported) East=communism (Stalin supported) |
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What is containment and how is it accomplished? |
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A policy of blocking the spread of Soviet influence and communism in the world. Done by making allies with countries to help them resist the soviets. Also a policy of cnatainment. |
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What was the Truman Doctrine? |
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The US pledges to resist Soviet expansion. Part of the containment policy. |
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What was the Marshall plan? |
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The 1947 massive economic aid to help rebuild democratic countries in Europe. |
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What was the Yalta Conference and who met there? |
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Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin deicided the fate of Europe and how to divide it. (east and west) |
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What was the United Nation |
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