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Reasons for the Cold War
Who was the cold war between,
Why was it called the cold war,
What is a proxy war
5  cards
Poor relations in the 1920s-1930s
In 1938 britain france and italy ...,
In august 1939 hitler and stalin ...,
In september 1939 both soviet uni...
4  cards
Reasons for Poor relationship between USA and Soviet Union
Capitalism usa and britain,
Communism soviet union western ru...,
Political differences
6  cards
Early Conflicts (The Russian Revolution)
Why did the bolsheviks sign a pea...,
What was the result of the bolshe...,
Why were relations poor between t...
3  cards
How were the East taken over by the USSR
East germany,
Hungary,
Yugoslavia
8  cards
Tehran Conference 1943
What did roosevelt and stalin dis...,
Why was there tension between usa...,
What was agreed on in this confer...
3  cards
Yalta Conference 1945 February
What did the ussr gain,
What was the declaration of liber...,
Who would the ussr enter war agai...
5  cards
Potsdam Conference 1945 Jul-Aug
Who was churchill replaced by,
Who was roosevelt replaced by,
What was stalin doing to polish p...
8  cards
2.3 The Berlin crisis
What was the significance of berlin,
How did usa run their zone,
How did ussr run their zone
8  cards
Effects of Berlin Blockade
Nato,
What is nato,
How long did the division of germ...
4  cards
3.1a The Korean WAR
North korea controlled by,
South korea controlled by,
When did south korea begin to get...
10  cards
Why did the USA get involved with the Korean War?
Stop domino effect,
Dominance,
Aliance
6  cards
3.1b Arms race
Atomic bomb ussr,
Hydrogen bomb usa,
Lithium bomb ussr
4  cards
3.1c Peaceful coexistence
Who took over for stalin after he...,
Who took over for roosevelt,
What did khrushchev think of stalin
10  cards
3.2 the Hungarian Uprising, 1956
Hungary in the cold war,
Who was matyas rakosi,
Why was rakosi so unpopular
11  cards
4.1 Berlin 1958-63
By 1958 3 million east german s h...,
Khrushchevs berlin ultimatum of 1958,
What did khrushchev do after 40 0...
8  cards
Summit meetings 1959 - 61
Geneva may 1959,
Camp david september 1959,
Paris summit conference and u 2 s...
4  cards
4.2 Cuban missile crisis
When was the communist takeover o...,
Mad,
Why did bay of pigs invasion fail
8  cards
4.3 Czechoslovakia 1968-69
Czechoslovakia at the time,
Leader of czechoslovakia,
New soviet leader
8  cards
5.1 the Thaw begins
Thaw,
What happens to jfk,
Who replaces kennedy
8  cards
5.2 Détente
Leader of ussr,
Leader of usa,
What is detente
5  cards
China
Leader of china during cold war,
What is triangular diplomacy,
How does mao feel about other maj...
4  cards
Ping Pong Diplomacy
How did the usa and china meet,
When did nixon visit china,
Realpolitik
5  cards
1.1 Tsarist Rule and reasons for discontent
Who was the tsar,
Autocrat,
Cossacks
8  cards
1.2 Causes and Consequences in 1905 revolution
Two key events that caused the re...,
Why did russia lose the war again...,
How did the defeat against japan ...
6  cards
The Potemkin Mutiny, June 1905
Potemkin,
Black sea fleet,
Why were the sailors so upset
5  cards
Events of the 1905 revolution
General strike,
Peasants,
Industrial workers
7  cards
Nicholas and the First four duma's
1st duma,
2nd duma,
3rd duma
4  cards
Lena goldfield strike
Where was the lena gold field,
What were the strikers demands,
How many were killed in lena gold...
7  cards
`Stolypin
When was stolypin assassinated,
Stolypin s land reform,
The wager on the strong
5  cards
2.2 Influence of Rasputin
Tsarina,
Rasputin s features,
How rasputin made tsar unpopular
3  cards
Triggers for February Revolution
Food,
Tsar,
Tsarina
6  cards
3.1 Weaknesses & mistakes of the Provisional government
3 biggest problems in russia,
Petrograd soviet,
Provisional governement
7  cards
3.2 activities of Lenin and bolsheviks
What was the april thesis,
Peace,
Land
4  cards
Bolshevik takeover
Main reasons why bolsheviks were ...,
Failures of the pg,
Role of lenin
4  cards
Early Decrees (Nov-Dec 1917)
Decree on peace,
Decree on land,
Decree on worker s rights
4  cards
4.2 Causes of Russian Civil War
Consequences of brest litovsk,
Groups that opposed the bolsheviks,
Why did the whites lose
3  cards
CIvil war
Population,
Control,
Popularity and support
4  cards
5.1 War communism
What was war communism,
What did war communism insist,
Why was war communism introduced ...
6  cards
5.2 Kronstadt Mutiny
Kronstadt,
Kronstadt sailors,
How many sailors rebelled
4  cards
5.4 achievements of Lenin
When did lenin die,
What was the cult of lenin,
What was petrograd renamed as due...
6  cards
1.1 China in the early 20th century
Geography,
Rural life,
Urban life
8  cards
1.2 Impact of the Boxer uprising
Who ruled,
Hundred days reforms,
Which reforms appeared unacceptab...
8  cards
1.3 Causes of the 1911 revolution
Reasons for revolution,
Long term social and economic pro...,
Anger at foreign influence
6  cards
1.4 Warlords Era 1.4
What were the warlords like,
What did qings and warlords have ...,
May the 4th movement
6  cards
1.5 United front
Chinease communist party,
Establishment of united front,
How did united front suceed
12  cards
Extermination Campaigns
What happened in the first 4 camp...,
The 5th extermination campaign,
How successful was the 5th exterm...
4  cards
The Long March
What was the long march,
How long was it,
When was the long march
3  cards
2.2 war with japan1937-45
Japanese invasion of manchuria,
What did chiang do instead of fig...,
Why did the 6th extermination cam...
8  cards
2.3 Civil War 1945-49
China in august 1945,
Start of civil war,
Gmd success july 1946
4  cards
Mao's problems in 1949
Foreign,
Political,
Social
6  cards
Changes in Agriculture 1949-62
Agrarian reform law 1950,
Mutual aid teams,
Agricultural producers co operatives
5  cards
3.2 Changes in Industry
Aim of first five year plan,
Achievements of first five year plan,
Aim of second five year plan grea...
7  cards
3.3 Changes in the Role of women
Women in 1900,
1950 marriage laws,
Social changes for women
5  cards
3.4 Political changes
Communist system in theory,
Communist system in reality,
One party state
16  cards
3.5 the influence of USSR on development of China
Treaty of friendship,
How the treaty benefitted china,
How the treaty cost china
8  cards
4.1 Mao's motives for Cultural Revolution
Mao s return,
Remove opposition,
Prevent communism being weakened
5  cards
4.2 Cultural Revolution
Background,
What happened to mao after resign...,
How was famine and problems of gl...
9  cards
4.3 Effects of Cultural revolution
Changes in cultural revolution,
Impact of cultural revolution on ...,
Impact of cultural revolution on ...
8  cards
5.1 Rise and Fall of the Gang of Four
Death of lin biao,
The rise of the gang of four,
Death of zhou enlai
6  cards
5.2 Economic Change under Deng Xiaoping
Deng s aims,
Reasons for reforms,
Reasons for change in agriculture
13  cards
5.3 Deng and Political Reform
Dengs oppositions to political re...,
What were the four cardinal princ...,
Democracy wall movement
5  cards
5.4 Student opposition/Tiananmen Square 86-89
Student protests 1986,
Reaction of deng and ccp,
Student protest 1986
8  cards
1.1 The American Political System
When did usa win independence,
Federal government,
3 branches in government
8  cards
1.2 Cold war and the red scare
Red scare,
Ussr takes over eastern europe,
Stalin takes control of berlin
6  cards
1.3 Events in the US and the Red Scare
The role of the fbi,
Federal loyalty boards,
House of un american activities c...
9  cards
1.4 McCarthy in the Red scare
Mccarthyism,
Mccarthy s position in the senate,
The media
13  cards
2.1 Segregation and Discrimination
Segregation,
Segregation in the south,
Discrimination in north
12  cards
2.2 Brown V Topeka and its impact
Naacp,
Brown v topeka,
What was an issue with the brown ...
14  cards
2.3 Montgomery Bus Boycott and impacts
Rosa parks civil rights activist,
Causes of boycott,
Events of boycott
11  cards
2.5 enforcing school segregation
Reactions to brown ruling,
Southern manifesto,
President eisenhower
9  cards
2.4 Civil Rights Act 1957
How did president eisenhower feel...,
What storm thurmond do to the civ...,
Civil rights act 1957
8  cards
3.1 Protests (Greensboro Sit ins 1960)
Greensboro sit ins,
How did they get media coverage,
Core
5  cards
3.1 Protests (Freedom Riders 1961)
Boynton v virginia 1960,
Freedom riders,
What was the freedom riders tryin...
7  cards
3.1 Protests (The meredith case) 1962
Who was meredith,
Who helped with the meredith case,
Kennedy s intervention in the case
5  cards
3.2 Protests (Birmingham) 1963-65
Why did mlk become leader of the ...,
What events did mlk support,
Non violent direct action
9  cards
3.2 Protests (Washington)
March on washington,
March for freedom,
Number of people marching
7  cards
3.2 Protests (Freedom Summer)
Why mississipi,
Freedom summer,
Why were most volunteers for the ...
10  cards
3.3 Civil rights legislation
How did lbj persuade congress to ...,
Civil rights act1964,
What was a punishment for busines...
7  cards
3.4 Malcolm X 1966-74
Why black power movement emerged ...,
Nation of islam,
What did noi demand
10  cards
3.4 Black power 1966-74
Race riots,
Kerner report,
What were the riots caused by
16  cards
3.4 Mainstream CR movement 1966-74
Chicago freedom movement 1966,
What did operation breadbasket do...,
What was the problem with the chi...
9  cards
4.1 reasons for the growth of protest movements
Impact of cr movements,
Disappointment and disillusionment,
Emergence of the teenager
6  cards
4.2 Students protests
University protests,
Students for a democratic societysds,
Berkley free speech movement bfsm
14  cards
4.3 The Women's movement
Impact of wwii on women,
Women before wwii,
Why thing changed in the 50s and 60s
16  cards
5.1 The Watergate Scandal
The pentagon papers incident,
The committee to re elect the pre...,
Watergate break in
13  cards
5.2 the Impact of Watergate and new legislation
The war powers act 1973,
The elections campaign act 1974,
The privacy act 1974
8  cards

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