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Which two countries emerged as superpowers after World War II?
Which two countries emerged as superpowers after World War II?
- United Kingdom and China
- United States and Soviet Union (correct)
- United States and France
- Germany and Japan
What did Kennedy accuse the Soviets of violating in his address to the nation?
What did Kennedy accuse the Soviets of violating in his address to the nation?
- The Rio Pact (correct)
- The NATO Treaty
- The Warsaw Pact
- The Geneva Convention
Which country was communist during the Cold War?
Which country was communist during the Cold War?
- Germany
- United States
- Soviet Union (correct)
- France
What did Kennedy announce as a response to the Soviet military buildup in Cuba?
What did Kennedy announce as a response to the Soviet military buildup in Cuba?
What were the main tactics used during the Cold War?
What were the main tactics used during the Cold War?
What did Kennedy state would be seen as an attack by the Soviet Union on the US?
What did Kennedy state would be seen as an attack by the Soviet Union on the US?
What happened to Germany and Berlin after World War II?
What happened to Germany and Berlin after World War II?
What did Kennedy call for in response to the crisis?
What did Kennedy call for in response to the crisis?
What did Kennedy emphasize in his address?
What did Kennedy emphasize in his address?
What did the Soviet Union do to countries on its borders?
What did the Soviet Union do to countries on its borders?
What was the goal of the US in the Cuban Missile Crisis according to Kennedy?
What was the goal of the US in the Cuban Missile Crisis according to Kennedy?
What was the US policy towards communism during the Cold War?
What was the US policy towards communism during the Cold War?
What did Kennedy reinforce during the crisis?
What did Kennedy reinforce during the crisis?
What did both superpowers develop during the Cold War?
What did both superpowers develop during the Cold War?
What event almost resulted in total nuclear war during the Cold War?
What event almost resulted in total nuclear war during the Cold War?
What did Kennedy express to the people of Cuba in his address?
What did Kennedy express to the people of Cuba in his address?
What led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991?
What led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991?
What did Kennedy demand from the Soviet Union in his address?
What did Kennedy demand from the Soviet Union in his address?
What happened to the Berlin Wall in 1989?
What happened to the Berlin Wall in 1989?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Study Notes
- The end of World War II saw the emergence of the US and Soviet Union as superpowers.
- The US was capitalist and the Soviet Union was communist.
- The Cold War was a series of proxy wars, propaganda, and espionage.
- Germany and Berlin were divided into East and West.
- The Soviet Union established communist regimes in countries on Russia's borders.
- The US sought to contain the spread of communism.
- Both superpowers developed nuclear weapons and engaged in a space race.
- The Cuban Missile Crisis almost resulted in total nuclear war.
- The 1970s saw a thaw in the Cold War and improved relations between East and West.
- The US and Soviet Union built up huge military arsenals.
- Economic stagnation in the Soviet Union and war in Afghanistan led to reforms by Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Gorbachev and U.S. President George Bush signed the START One arms control treaty to decrease nuclear weapons.
- Rising demand for independence in Eastern Europe led to mostly peaceful revolutions.
- Anti-communist protests in China ended in a massacre.
- The Berlin Wall was broken in November 1989, leading to the reunification of families.
- George Bush declared the Cold War over on December 3rd, 1989.
- The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was banned in the USSR, leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
- Historians have different opinions on the impact of the end of the Cold War on politics and society.
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