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79 Cards in this Set
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What Year did Joseph Stalin die?
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1953
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Nationalist Groups
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Georgia
Ukraine Moldovia |
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The Muslim people of Soviet Central Asia called for what?
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Religious Freedom
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When did President Nixon visit Beijing
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February 1972
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When did President Nixon visit the Soviet Union
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May 1972
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Strategic Defense Initiative Program also called
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SDI
Program to protect against enemy missile |
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What pushed US and Soviets push away from detente
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The US arming Nicaragua Contras pushed increased tensions
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When did the crisis between the US and USSR end?
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When Soviet ships turned back to avoid confrontation at sea
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The relieved U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the famous quote
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"We're eyeball to eyeball" "I think the other fellow just blinked".
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Who was Kennedy's Secretary of Defense
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Robert McNamara
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What did Krushchev call for
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"Peaceful Competition" with capitalist states
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Did the new Soviet outlook change life in the satellite countries
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No it did not
Resentment grew into active protest |
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What happened in October 1956
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The Hungarian army joined protestors to overthrow Hungary's Soviet controlled government
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Who was Leonid Brezhnev
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Leader of the USSR
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Regime of Leonid Brezhnev
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Adopted repressive domestic policies
Basic human rights such as freedom of speech & worship |
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Secret police arrested this winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for literature
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ALEXANDER SOLZHENISTYN
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SALT I TREATY
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STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALKS
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SALT WAS SIGNED BY WHOM?
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NIXON AND BREZHNEV
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WHAT DID THE 5 YR. AGREEMENT LIMITED WHAT?
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INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC & SUBMARINE LAUNCHED MISSILES EACH COUNTRY WOULD HAVE
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HELSINKI ACCORDS
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33 NATIONS JOINED THE UNITED STATES & THE SOVIET UNION IN SIGNING A COMMITMENT TO DETENTE AND COOPERATION
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Czechoslakia split into 2 nations in?
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1992`
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Who became head of the social demoractic party in Slovakia
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Dubcek
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When was President Kennedy assasinated
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1963
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Who became President after President Kennedy
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President Lyndon Johnson
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Why did President Johnson esclated U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam
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To stop the spread of communism
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When was the SALT II agreement signed
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1979
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What prevented a 2nd round of SALT negotiations?
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Concern about harsh treatment of protestors in the Soviet Union
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What happened when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
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US Congress refused to ratify SALT II
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Define Hard Liners
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1. Hard Liners were conservatives who were furious and opposed reforms
2. They were furious that Gorbachev had given up Soviet Unions role as the dominant state |
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Who was the leader of the Yugoslavia who later on faced trails for war crimes
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SLOVODAN MILOSEVIC
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Montenegro together with Serbia made up ?
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YOGOSLAVIA
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which 2 republics declared independence from yugoslavia
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slovenia, Croatia
on june 19991, serbian led yugoslav army invaded both rep. and many were killed |
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yugoslavia's eight major ethnic groups
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serbs
croats muslims slovenes macedonians albanians hungarian montenegrins |
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who was elected to 2rd term as president of yugoslavia
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ion iiescu
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romania's ruthless comunist dicator
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nicolas ceausescu (chewchesku)
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what ceausescu did
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was the only country that did not change
secret police enforced his rule ordered army to fire on protesters in timisoara |
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fall of ceausescu
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the army joined protesters
he and his wife were killed christmas day 1989 |
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politburo
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the ruling committee of the communist party crushed all political disagreements
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who was the leading committee of politburo
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leonid brezhnev
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glasnot meaning
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introduced in 1985 it meant openess
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what glassnot allowed
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churches to open
banned books reporters could investigate problems and critized officials it shook up traditional way of doing things in USSR |
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Czechsolvakia Reforms
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was led by Milos Jakes who resisted all changes
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Which popular critic and Czech playwright was arrested in 1989?
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Alexander Solzhenistyn
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What did the reunification force Germany to rethink?
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It's role in international affairs
Schroeder & his foreign minister took an active role in European affairs |
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New German Chancellor in 1998 was
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Gerhard Schroeder from the Socialist Democratic Party
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Name 2 problems with the German economy
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1. Germany had the world's 3rd largest economy but also the slowest growing one
2. Unemployment rate & rising inflation was an added burden |
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What year was Germany officially reunited?
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October 3, 1990
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Name some of Germany's challenges post reunification?
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1. E. Germany in ruins
2. Infrastructure such as railroads, highways, tel. systems was not modernized since W.W. II 3. Goods could not compete in the global market |
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What was Kohl forced to do in Germany?
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1. Forced to raise taxes
2. West Germany taxpayers were burdened with an additional cost |
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What additional problems did E. Germany face?
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1. Inefficient factories
2. Unemployment 3. Millions of workers had no jobs |
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Name the date & year the Berlin wall was opened?
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November 9, 1989
(bhaiya born - 1989 nani born - 9th November |
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Did Krenz's dramatic gamble to save communism work?
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No. By the end of 1989 the E. German party did not exist
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Why did Czechoslavakia break up?
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1. Shock therapy caused sharp rise in unemployment
2. Slovakia and Czech republic drifted apart |
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Which year did Czechoslavakia break up?
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January 1, 1993
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How did Communist rule in Czechsolvakia end?
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1. 500,000 protestors gathered into downtown Prague
2. Milos Jakes and his entire politburo resigned |
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New parliament of Czechsolvakia elected who as the new President?
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Vaclav Havel
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Which place did protestors gather in downtown Prague?
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Wencelas Square
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"We proclaim all decisions & decrees of this committee to be illegal. We appeal to the citizens of Russia to demand a return of the country to normal constitutional developments". This famous quote was said by who?
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Boris Yeltsin
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In July 1987, President Reagan had said the famous words
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"Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall"
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Merging of the 2 Germany's was called
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Reunification
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Who was the West German chancellor who assured world leaders that Germany had learnt from the past
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HELMUT KOHL
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Economic, Political and Social Problems in Russia
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1. There were between 30,000 & 50,000 homeless children in Moscow. Half of these children were under 13.
2. High rate of domestic voilence & unemployment 3. Steep population decline 4. Decline in standard of living & average life expentancy |
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Economic, Political and Social Problems in Russia
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1. There were between 30,000 & 50,000 homeless children in Moscow. Half of these children were under 13.
2. High rate of domestic voilence & unemployment 3. Steep population decline 4. Decline in standard of living & average life expentancy |
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Economic, Political and Social Problems in Russia
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1. There were between 30,000 & 50,000 homeless children in Moscow. Half of these children were under 13.
2. High rate of domestic voilence & unemployment 3. Steep population decline 4. Decline in standard of living & average life expentancy |
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Economic, Political and Social Problems in Russia
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1. There were between 30,000 & 50,000 homeless children in Moscow. Half of these children were under 13.
2. High rate of domestic voilence & unemployment 3. Steep population decline 4. Decline in standard of living & average life expentancy |
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Who was the President of the Czech Republic
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Havel
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Who was the President of the Czech Republic
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Havel
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Who was the President of the Czech Republic
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Havel
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Who was the President of the Czech Republic
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Havel
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Who succeeded Havel?
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Vaclav Klaus
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Who succeeded Havel?
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Vaclav Klaus
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Who succeeded Havel?
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Vaclav Klaus
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Who succeeded Havel?
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Vaclav Klaus
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Name Yogoslavia's 8 ethnic groups
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Serbs
Croats Muslims Slovenes Macedonians Albanians Hungarians Montenegrins |
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Name Yogoslavia's 8 ethnic groups
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Serbs
Croats Muslims Slovenes Macedonians Albanians Hungarians Montenegrins |
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Name Yogoslavia's 8 ethnic groups
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Serbs
Croats Muslims Slovenes Macedonians Albanians Hungarians Montenegrins |
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Who was elected to a third terms as President of Romania
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ION IIIESCU
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Who was elected to a third terms as President of Romania
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ION IIIESCU
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Name Yogoslavia's 8 ethnic groups
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Serbs
Croats Muslims Slovenes Macedonians Albanians Hungarians Montenegrins |
