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Decks in this class (31)

Ideologies
Which country was capitalist,
Which country was communist,
What was communism
17  cards
Historic Distrust
Why was there distrust between us...,
What did usa begin to associate c...,
Why did usa begin to associate co...
5  cards
Formation Of Grand Alliance/ Origins Of The Cold War
Who was the grand alliance between,
Why did the grand alliance form,
What did usa bring to grand allia...
15  cards
Tehran Conference
What decisions were made,
Tensions of tehran conference,
Impact of the tehran conference
5  cards
Yalta Confernce
Developments since tehran,
Key decisions of yalta,
Tensions of yalta
6  cards
Potsdam conference
Development since the yalta,
Key decisions made,
Tensions and compromises made
6  cards
Why did the grand alliance collapse
What happened on august 6th 1945,
What was released 9th august,
What does some historians argue t...
6  cards
Kennan long telegram
Who was the kennan long telegram ...,
What did kennan say,
What did kennans view influence
5  cards
Novikov telegram
Who sent the novikov telegram,
When was the novikov telegram sent,
What did novikov say
6  cards
Winston Churchill Iron Curtain speech
What was the iron curtain,
Countries part of the satellite s...,
What happened between 1945 in 194...
5  cards
Truman doctrine
What was written on a letter from...,
Why was the truman doctrine created,
What were the new fears of
7  cards
Marshall plan
When was the marshall plan,
Why was the marshall plan created,
What did churchill describe europ...
4  cards
Impact of Truman doctrine and the Marshall plan
What impact did truman doctrine a...,
What did the soviet think are usa...,
What was dollar imperialism
3  cards
The Cominform
When was the cominform,
What was the cominform in respons...,
Why was the cominform created
6  cards
The Comecon
When was the comecon,
Why was the comecon created,
What does the comecon stand for
4  cards
Berlin crisis blockade and airlift
When was the berlin blockade and ...,
What was the berlin blockade and ...,
Causes of the berlin crisis
12  cards
Creation of NATO
What was nato,
Why was nato a formed,
Who was the with the original mem...
6  cards
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
What is collective security,
When was the warsaw pact set up,
What was the warsaw pact
8  cards
Why did NATO and Warsaw Pact increase tension
Why did nato increase tension,
How did the warsaw pact increase ...
2  cards
Nuclear arms race
When was the nuclear arms race from,
What was the first thing that sta...,
How did ussr retaliate to usas us...
12  cards
Stalin’s death
What did stalin s death lead to,
Who was the next leader of the so...,
What did khrushchev say about the...
7  cards
Hungarian uprising
Causes of hungarian uprising,
Who did khrushchev replace the hu...,
Events of the hungarian uprising
8  cards
Causes of the Berlin crisis (berlin Wall)
Causes of the berlin crisis 1961,
Paris summit 1960,
Vienna summit 1961
4  cards
Consequences of the Berlin crisis
Short term us soviet relations,
Long term us and soviet relations,
Impact on germans
4  cards
Causes of the Cuban missile crisis
Cuban revolution communist regime,
Raised ussr cuba relations,
Bay of pigs invasion
7  cards
Consequences of the Cuban missile crisis
Short term us soviet relations,
Longtime us soviet relations,
Hotline
3  cards
Prague spring
Causes of the reforms,
The reforms,
Publics reaction
10  cards
Why did the Cold War Thaw
Vietnam war,
Mad,
Nixon visits china and ussr
8  cards
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Causes,
Events,
Consequences
3  cards
Gorbachev and Regan
Rise in us anti communist actions,
Economic social and political pro...,
Gorbachev s new thinking
7  cards
Fall of USSR
Poland,
Austria,
Berlin
10  cards

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