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| a country that is economically and politically dependent on another county |
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| a plan to keep something, such as communism within its existing geographical boundaries and prevent further aggressive moves. |
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| building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy |
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| idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall |
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| the manufacture of machines and equipment for factories and mines |
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| the process of eliminating stalin's more ruthless policies |
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| a group of nations with a common purpose |
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| the actual purchasing power of income |
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| what was the purpose of the tehran conference? Who attended? What were the consequences? |
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| to decide the future course of ww2. stalin, roosevelt, churchill. Soviet and BA forces would meet in defeated germany along a north-south dividing line |
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| at the potsdam conference, what did truman demand? What was stalins reaction? Why? What agreement was made? |
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| free elections in east europe. Rejected it because it threatened the USSR. The ussr needed absolute security against further agression. Nurmemburg trials - for leaders who commited crime against humanity during the war |
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| what did the truman doctrine state? |
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| the US would provide money in countries threatened by communist expansion. |
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| what was the marshall plan and what did it state? How did the soviers resond? Was it successful? Why or why not? |
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| european recovery program provided $13 billion to rebuld war-torn europe in order to tend off the rise of communism in those countries. As US buying support. No because the ussr didn’t have the financial aid |
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| in germany, how did the soviets react to the west wanting to form a separate western state? |
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| they were against it and attempted a blockade of west berlin. Supplies were flown by US and britain into west berlin. The USSR lifted the blockade after 10 months. |
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| the 1950s led to the development of what weaponry? |
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| hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missiles |
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| what was the belief regarding the buildup of nuclear arsenal? |
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| what satellite did the soviets launch into space? What fear did it cause? |
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| Sputnik 1. the USSR had a massive lead in building missiles. |
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| where was korea divided after ww2? |
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| the cuban revolution was led by whom? Who was it aimed at overthrowing? |
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| fidel castro. Fulgencio batista. |
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| what city in cuba was seized on january 3, 1959? |
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| what happened to US/Cuban relations? Why? What was declared in october 1960 by the US? |
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| deteriorated because castro began receiving aid from the soviet union. A trade embargo with cuba. The US broke all diplomatic relations with cuba. |
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| what was the bay of pigs invasion? What was the end result of the invasion? |
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| a plan approed by JFK to support an attempt to overthow castos gov. the USSR sent arms and military advisors to cuba. |
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| why did khruschev begin placing nuclear missiles in cuba? |
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| a response to US missiles being placed in Turkey |
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| who controlled the Vietminh in Vietnam? |
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| where were the french defeated in vietnam? How was vietnam divided? |
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| dieh bien phu. Communits in north hanoi, non communists in south saigon |
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| how did the us become involved in vietnam? What US president officially ended US involvement in Vietnam? |
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| ent aid to south vietnam and their leader Ngo Ding Diem. President Richard Nixon |
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| What did the Paris Peace arrords do? |
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| Allowed for US withdrawal and Vietnam was forcibly reunited by communist armies from the north |
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| during the stalin era, what happened to industrial production? |
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| surpassed prewar levels by 40% |
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| what was the soviet bloc comprised of? |
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| countries occupied by USSR after ww2 |
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| in poland, who declared that poland had the right to follow its own socialist past? |
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| who was the leader of the communist movement in yugoslavia? |
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