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History
10th Grade
05/29/2014

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what was the out come of Germany after world war 2?
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Germany was divided into separate zones occupied by the allied powers
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what was the social impact of ww1
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increased the pace of social change in europe
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by the end of ww2 additude toward the soviet union turned from wartime friendship to a desire to...
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stop communism
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which policy of the soviet union most directly started the cold war?
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the refusal for free elections in poland
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what are four soviet satellites?
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romania, bulgaria, poland, albania
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the closing of trade and communication between eastern and western europe was a result of what?
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world war 2
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how did ww2 help develp the cold war
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left U.S and the U.S.S.R as conflicting super powers
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what are four causes of the cold war?
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most important- Stalin not keeping his promise for free elections in poland
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how did failure of appeasment from 1938-39 contribute to the development of the cold war?
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counties couldn't stop other countries from taking land
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how did stalin view poland?
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it belonged to russia
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what happend May 1945?
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germany surrenders
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which united states policy was amied directly at containing communism
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truman doctrine
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list 8 soviet satelites
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czechoslavakia,hungary,romania,bulgaira, alabnia
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how was the cold war different from ww2
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no physical conflict
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how were chinese communist able to attain power in mainland china in 1949
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support of the people
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how was zedong treatment to land lords
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killed them
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what was the U.S goal in the korean war?
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stop the spread of communism
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place cuban missle crisis, korean war, vietnam war,sputnick,droppiing the atomic bomb in order
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dropping atomic bomb, korean war,spudnik,cuban crisis,vietnam
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what event created western fears of soviet union in 1950
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the develpment of their own atomic bomb
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how are korea and vietnam wars similar
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both witnessed the spliting of a countiry
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