World History CH.18 MCS – Flashcards
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Alliance dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War
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Warsaw Pact
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Purpose of SALT talks and START treaty
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SALT: limit number of nuclear weapons START:build a "Star Wars" missile defense against the nuclear attacks
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American Strategy under détente
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restrain the Soviet Union through diplomatic agreements
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Causes and effects of suburbanization
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allowed residents to commute to work by car they were more rich
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Agency that helped spur economic growth across Western Europe by eliminating tariffs
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European Coal & Steel Community
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Gov established in Japan after WWII
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parliamentary democracy
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reasons that US established diplomatic relations w/ China in the '70s
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playing china card, isolate the soviets between NATO
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Why Mao Zedong created agricultural communes
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to make agriculture more efficient
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Early course of the Korean War
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Korea split by rival forces Korea opp. sides of Cold War
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goal of the national liberation front, or Viet cong
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to overthrow south Vietnams government
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significance of the tet offensive
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helped turn American public opinion against a military involvement in Vietnam
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impact of the Khmer Rouge on Cambodia
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unleashed a reign of terror overthrew Cambodian gov.
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Impact on the Soviet Union of their afghan war
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Soviet Union crumbled 69 yrs later it ceased to exist
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Analyze the break up of Czechoslovakia into separate nations
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Changes that occurred in China after the Soviet Union split up and communism was defeated in Eastern Europe
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became major producer of consumer goods 600 billion dollar stimulus package to retrain workers
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aspect of the Cold War arms race that made it so terrifying
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fear of nuclear attack not knowing if and when a awe will start
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changes that took place during the Cuban rev.
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nationalized businesses put land under gov control restricted Cubans political freedom
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Discuss the "red scare"
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Americans feared that communist inside the US might try,to undermine the US gov.
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goals of dr. Martin Luther king jr.
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extend equal rights to all Americans protection of voting rights
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Marshall Palm
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massive aid package offered from US to Europe to help rebuild after WWII
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reforms and movements of Mao Zedong
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Great Leap Forward cultural revolution "Backyard Industries"
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what happened to the defeated Chinese nationalist after the fall of china to the communists
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fled to Taiwan nationalists lost popularity
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describe perestroika and it's impact on the Soviet Union
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restructuring in Russia of gov. and economy
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reaction of the East German gov. to Gorbachev's call for change
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broke out of the soviet orbit
