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Which leaders were at the Postdam conference of 1945?
Truman, Attlee, Stalin
Name two events during the 'War of Words' 1946-47
Iron Curtain Speech, Novikov Telegram, Long Telegram
What is a satellite state?
A country being controlled by another
What was the aim of the Marshall Plan?
Help countries recover after WW2, to help boost US trade
What did Stalin set up in 1949 in retaliation to Marshall Aid?
Comecon
Name two consequences of the Berlin Crisis 1948-49
Cold war more tense, Arms race, East and West Germany, NATO created
What was the policy to turn countries back to capitalism?
Roll Back
Stalin did not think America would get involved in Korea. True or False
True
Eisenhower threatened to use the Atomic Bomb in Korea if China did not stop the fighting. True or False.
True
What happened when the USA banned all trade to Cuba?
The USSR agreed to buy the sugar and provide loans.
The Cuban Missile Crisis led to the Bay of Pigs. True or False
False
In 1964 Khrushchev was forced to resign and replaced by who?
Brezhnev
Who were the two leaders of North and South Vietnam after end of French rule?
Ho Chi Minh (N), Ngo Dinh Diem (S)
What was Diem's 1962 'Strategic Hamlets' policy?
Create safe villages to stop the VC from getting supplies and soldiers.
What happened during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident?
US ship torpedoed off North Vietnam. Led to president ordering direct attacks on North Vietnam
Give two consequences of the 1968 Tet Offensive.
USA forced to reduce funding for war, many civillians killed, increased public protests in USA
