Where were the three major decisions made in 1945?
Yalta
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Who was Roosevelt replaced by?
Truman
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For how many years was the USA the only nuclear power for (1945-?)
Four
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What country was never invaded by Stalin?
Yugoslavia
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What controlled communist parties in the USSR?
Cominform
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The (????) plan promised American aid to Western European countries to rebuild their economies.
Marshall
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What pact was formed to militarily combat NATO?
Warsaw
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The Truman doctrine gave aid to any country threatened by a (???) takeover.
Communist
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The USSR cut off all land communication between West Berlin and the rest of the world. How were supplies brought in (1948-9)?
Airlift
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Stalin died in 1953, and was replaced by whom?
Khrushchev
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In 1956 Nagy (Hungary's president) tried to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact. How many thousands of people were killed by Soviet tanks invading Hungary?
Twenty
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Who became the new Hungarian leader?
Kadar
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What did the USSR do to the UN's draft resolution to remove their tanks?
Vetoed
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1949-61, 2.5 million left East Germany for the West and Khrushchev issued 2 ultimatums in 58 & 61 for troops to be removed by US etc. from Berlin. When these were refused, what did he build?
Wall
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For how many years were East Berliners confined?
Thirty
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What did the arms race turn into in the 1950s and 60s (----- race)?
Space
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Who got the first man in space in 1961 (Yuri Gagarin)?
USSR
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Who got the first men on the moon in 1969?
USA
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Who became the Czechoslovakian leader in 1958 and caused the Prague Spring (a leap in workers' rights)?
Dubcek
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How many hundreds of thousands of troops did the USSR send in 1968 to Czechoslovakia because they were worried about the Eastern bloc weakening?
Five
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Which soviet leader placed the (-----) doctrine to intervene in any country where communism was under threat?
Brezhnev
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Which country became worried by an invasion when the US invaded North Korea (who wanted the South to become communist)?
China
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When was a ceasefire agreed in the invasion of North Korea? (195-)
Three
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Which conference in 1954 tried to tackle issues in Asia such as France owning colonies in Indochina (which, backed by China, revolted in the 40s & 50s)?
Geneva
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Which leader of South Vietnam did Eisenhower support during its communist threat?
Diem
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What North Vietnamese group managed to win over the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam war?
Vietcong
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Who managed to overthrow the Cuban government in 1956 after failing in 1953?
Castro
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Since 1952, which corrupt dictator had ruled Cuba?
Batista
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Who did Cuba work with after their rift with America (all American-owned sugar mills were nationalised)?
USSR
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Who was Roosevelt replaced by?
Back
Truman
Card 3
Front
For how many years was the USA the only nuclear power for (1945-?)
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