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