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| What was the date for the Casablanca conference? Who attended? Purpose? |
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| January 1943, Roosevelt and Churchill, Agreed to invade Sicily & demand unconditional surrender. |
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| What was the date of the Teheran conference? Who attended? Purpose? |
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| November 1943. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, Plan Britain/USA invasion on France (D-day) & Soviets will fight Germans from the East and then join fight against Japan. |
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| What was the date for the Yalta conference? Who attended? Purpose? |
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| February 1945. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Plan what to do with German after war. |
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| When was the Potsdam conference? Who attended? Purpose? |
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| July 1945. Truman, Churchill, Attlee, Stalin. Issue warning to Japan to surrender unconditionally. Agree to hold war crime trials for the Nazis. |
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| Germany was divided among which 4 groups? |
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| USA, USSR, Britain and France |
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| Soviet union occupying Central and Eastern Europe, Britain had a new Prime minister - Clement Attlee, America had a new president, Harry Truman, the war was ending and the USA tested an atomic bomb. These are things that changed after... |
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| Which two countries emerged from WWII as two Superpowers? What did they have? |
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| U.S. and Soviet Union. They both had vastly different political and economic systems |
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| What were the years the Cold War dominated International Relations? What type of countries were the USSR and USA? |
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| 1945-1991, USSR was communist, USA was Capitalist Democracy |
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| The Policy of Containment contained... |
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| Who stated that Soviets would back down with a show of force? |
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| George F. Keenan, State Department Official |
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| What year was the Truman Doctrine in effect? What two countries did it effect? What were Trumans actions? |
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| March 1947, Greece and Turkey, Truman requested $400 mil. from USA congress to aid both countries. |
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| What was the name of a program that aided the build of Europe from WWII? How much was send to Europe? What years did it occur? |
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| The Marshall Plan, $13 Bil. was sent to Europe, 1948-1952, Countries declined aid calling it "dollar enslavement" |
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| What was it called when the Soviets cut off all surface traffic to West Berlin? When did it occur? Berlin faced what? |
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| June 1948 - May 1949, The Berlin Airlift, faced with starvation and need of vital supplies. |
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| the U.S. and her allies took to the skies June 26th, 1948, flying in provisions for West Berlins residents was know as? |
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| Which amendment and year did it start to limit the terms a president may serve in office? |
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| Who accused FDR of abusing power and trying to undermine the American Democratic system? |
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| The passage of the Peacetime Draft in the middle of a hotly contested presidential campaign showed FDR's what... |
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| What helped FDR get the Peacetime Draft passed? |
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