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21 Cards in this Set
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What helped lead to the rise of dictatorships and the outbreak of global war?
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Isolationism and Appeasement
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The U.S. has what type of government, and what does its citzens believe?
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*Capitalist Democracy
*Free Election, economic & religious freedom, private property and respect for individual differences |
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What type of government does the Soviet Union have and what does it hold?
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*Dictatorship
*It holds the under Stalin, the Communist Party made all key economic, political, and military differences |
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How did Stalin want to keep Germany after World War 2?
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Weak and Divided he also wanted Eastern Europe under the control of the Soviet Union
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How did the U.S. and Great Britain visions of Germany after World War 2 differ from that of the Soviet Union?
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They sought a stronger, united Germany & independant nations in Eastern Europe
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What is the result of the Yalta Conference?
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Define satellite state.
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an independant nation under the control of a more powerful nation
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Define Cold War.
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A world-wide rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Union
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Iron Curtain:
a.define b.the first to mention it? |
*Created by Winston Churchhill to describe the border between the Soviet Union Satellite staes and Western Europe
*Winston Churchhill |
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Truman Doctrine:
a.What date it was issued? b.What was it? c.What 2 countries first benifited from it? |
*March 12, 1947
*President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements *Tukey & Greece |
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Define Containment.
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Policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders.~George Kennan~
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According to Kennan, the Soviet Union would only expand if.........
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It could expand without serious risks, Stalin would not chance a war with the U.S.
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Define Marshall Plan.
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A foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after WW2.
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How did the Marshall Plan help serve both the economic and foriegn policy of the U.S.?
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*The aid help countries that needed it
*The prosperity it stimulated then helped the American economy by increasing the trade. *Finally the good relationships that the aid created worked against the expansion of communism. |
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*The prosperity it stimulated then helped the American economy by increasing the trade.
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*Finally the good relationships that the aid created worked against the expansion of communism.
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Germany would be divided.
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The areas controlled by France,Britian, and the U.S. made up_______ Germany.
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The areas to the east controlled by the Soviet Union made up _______ Germany.
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Define Berlin Airlift.
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Program in the U.S. British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blocade
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What did the Berlin Airlift demonstrate to the Soviet Union and the rest of the world?
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It showed how far the U.S. would go to protect noncommunist parts of the Europe and communism
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Define American Treaty Organization.
What year did it form? |
*Military alliance found to counter Soviet expansion.
*1949 |
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Define Warsaw Pact.
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Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellites states
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