History_BAC

  • Balfour declaration

    UK govt agreed to creation of state of Israel
  • Long march

    march retreat of the communists in China
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    Chinese War with Japan

    Led to the nationalists being weakened -> allowed Communists to have an advantage against them
  • Tehran conference

    The allies start trusting each other
  • Bretton Woods conference

    gold standard stopped - Dollar new standard
    IMF and IBRD formed
  • Yalta conference

    start to disagree on the practicality of their agreements
  • Potsdam

    Started massive distrust which led to cold war (nukes used)
  • Arab League

    Protect Arab interests
  • Zhdanovism

    Policies of Sovietisation in East Europe
  • Independence of India

    independence due to a long movement and continual struggle
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    Chinese Civil war

    after the defeat of Japan the civil war kicked off and while the nationalists had a lot of advantages they did not used them so the communists won
  • End of the war (German Surrender)

    Germany surrendered unconditionally
  • VE day

    Allies win in Europe
  • End of the war (Japan Surrender)

    6 August - Hiroshima
    9 August - Nagasaki
  • UN formed

  • Long Telegram

    US diplomat sending telegrma to Truman about the hostility of USSR
  • Churchill Iron Curtain Speech

    Cannot know what was going on in the East
  • Truman Doctrine 1947-48

    the idea of containing communism in Turkey and Greece...
  • Cominform - Idea of no neutrality in Cold War

    to coordinate communist parties
  • UN partition Plan

    2-state solution agreed to by UN
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    Truman doctrine

    The idea championed by Truman to contain communism (especially for Turkey and Greece)
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    Rising tensions

    Stalin vs the West still bitter from WW2
    until destalinisation
  • Marshall Plan

    13bn$ to rebuild Europe
    1948-51
  • Israel independence

    Ben Gurion proclaimed the independence
    Palestine had not been legally proclaimed so they were screwed
  • OEEC

    Organisation to distribute Marshall plan aid
  • Indochina independence

    Independent. but still very divided and a bloody war would ensue
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    ME War of 1948

    Israel declares independence
    get attacked
    Israel wins - legitimacy to them
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    Berlin blockade

    USSR blocking allied access to the free part of Berlin
  • GDR (East Germany)

    The USSR retorted and formed the GDR
  • FGR(West Germany Created)

    As a reaction to the Berlin Blockade
    The three allies joined thier parts of Germany and rendered it an independent country
  • NATO

    Consequence to Berlin Airlift
    EUrope no match for USSR militarily
  • Comecon

    To link East-European Economies under Stalin control
  • Mao in power

    mao gained power over the country and the CCP
  • USSR first nuke

  • Formation of the PRC

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    Korean war - Ongoing

    Battle between communist north and nationalistic South
    Armistice: 1953
  • EU/EEC - 1951/7

    italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, West Germany, Belgium, France
  • ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community)

    created after WWII to merge Europes industries
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    First 5-year plan

    Mao started making communist reforms
  • Warsaw Pact

    Saw NATO as aggressive
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    Vietnam War

    After the Cuban Crisis the USA wanted to prevent the spread of communism after the end of decolonisation
    started the second Indochina war after France lost the first one
  • Destalinisation

    Khrushchev denounced Stalin (died 1953) and the cult of personality
    ended large scale repressions
  • Hungarian Revolution

    nationwide revolt agaisnt USSR backed government.
    USSR intervened and crushed the uprising
  • Suez crisis

    1956 - France and UK mad at Egypt for nationalising canal
    Led to USA mad and Suez canal opened
  • Sino Soviet Split

    Mao mad at Khrushchev for denouncing Stalin
    also denounced peaceful coexistence (showing USSR not most important communist country (with Albania))
    1960 USSR recalled experts
    1964: thier first nuclear weapon
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    Detente

    periods of lower tensions
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    Peaceful coexistence

    Ended with Cuban crisis
    and Berlin wall 1961
  • Hundred Flowers Campaign

    Mao wanted to hear the thoughts of all citizens
    backfired horribly
  • Ghana independence

    Peaceful
    1951 started negotiations
  • Sputnik

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    Great leap forward

    Mao saw successes of 5 year plan so tried to reform even more.
    However, led to many deaths and mismanagement
  • EFTA

    Non-EU members who still trade freely in single market
  • Ostpolitik

    foreign policy initiative to improve relations with East Europe (USSR/East Germany)
    designed to ease tensions
  • Congo Independence

    Riots made the elctions necessary for belgium who was losing the grip
  • Ghana independence

    Peaceful transition - the country had been prepared
    took a long time to finalise the deal but the population was more ready and had fewer problems
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    Berlin wall

    The berlin wall was set up to prevent the exodus of people due to lower SOL
    Tension during peaceful coexistence
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    After the communist revolution to overthrow pro-America and after missiles emplaced on the island - US blockaded and threatened invasion
  • Algerian Independence

    referendum allowed by France
  • Kennedy speech moon

  • Partial Test Ban Treaty

    banning nukes in space, atmosphere and water
    (not underground - useless)
    made to slow advancement of nukes
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    Chinese cultural revolution

    Mao regained massive power
    'Purification' of communism
    Ended due to him having full control again
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    Cultural revolution

    Mao regained massive power
    purification of communism
    ended due to him having full control again
  • Six day war

    Israel mad at Egypt for building up forces on Sinai and closing Straits of Tiran
  • Prague Spring

    attempted revolution against USSR in Czechoslovakia -
    crushed
  • Social transformations in 68

    1968 was a period of sociopolitical upheaval in West Europe
    opposition to political establishments, Vietnam war and need for more equality(eg Women)
  • Apollo 11

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    Detente

    Nixon Brezhnev 1969-74
    more times of relaxing tensions such as:
    *Phone line Moscow Washington
    *partial test ban treaty
    *SALT I and II
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    Nixon-Brezhnev Detente

  • SALT I

    5-year agreement of limiting ICBMs
    ABM treaty made in the talks to limit anti-ballistic defenses
  • Conference on Security and Cooperation

    conference of Helsinki accords (signed there)
    Brezhnev, Tito and European leaders
    solidify borders post-war
    Not a Treaty
  • Yom Kippur war

    Arabs attacked Israel again during Yom kippur - thinking they would not defend
    but Israel won
  • 1973 oil Crisis

    OPEC caused oil prices rise
    UK privatised
    EU nationalised
  • Denmark, UK, ireland join EU

  • Portugal democratization

    Carnatian Revolution
  • Greece revolution

    Peaceful transition of power into a democracy
  • Mozambique independence

    civil war until 1974
  • Mozambique Independence

    Very violent independence movement started in 1964
    Political pressures forced Portugal to agree to independence
  • Helsinki Accords

    US, USSR and Europeans
    respect for sovereignty
    but difficult to regualte - no penalties/enforcement
  • End of Vietnam War

    Showed expansion of USSR
    widened sphere of influence
  • Spain transitions to democracy

    Juan Carlos decides to do elections
  • First multinational space mission (handshake)

  • Mao death

  • Changes under Deng Xiaoping

    after Mao's death Deng took power and wanted to follow Mao's teachings
  • SALT II

    further limitations (precise limits)
    however due to highering tensions (Vietnam war) Carter did witdrew, but both sides honoured it until 1986
  • 1979 - Iranian revolution end

    OPEC raised prices more and less competitiveness in West (Japan taking over)
  • Invasion of Afghanistan

    USSR showing it was on par to USA
    nightmare guerrilla war in Afghanistan
  • Massive Chinese economic growth 1979-97

    Massive economic growth in China due to modernizations and liberalisations.
  • Reagan reforms

    80's USA needed a strong and revolutionary leader
    Reagan used ultraliberal policies to be president
    Started SDI (Star Wars) messed up USSR economy
  • Solidarity

    Polish protests for more freedom and led to independence of soviet states
  • Tito's Death

    caused many sociopolitical problems as the republics wanted independence
  • One child policy

    to prevent overpopulation in cities
  • Rhodesia independence

    1956 there was a declaration of independence by European leaders
    Civil war by POC
    1979 ceasefire
  • South Rhodesia

    Strong racial divides
    revolutionary war against European independence movement
    ceasefire 1979
  • Congo Independence

    Independence granted due to international pressures riots plagued the country and politics for a long time
  • Greece joins EU

    free from Junta
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    Decline and fall of USSR

  • SIno-Soviet rapproachment 1982 - 2000

    relaxation of tension due to Maos death
    more tolerant to USSR
    trying to prevent democratic west from having too much power
    Gorbachev more willing to collaborate with China
  • SDI

    Reagan to deploy a nuclear umbrella over America
  • Euromissile crisis

    medium range missiles installed by US and USSR threatening war
  • Perestroika/Glasnost

    Gorbachev wanted to open up
  • Spain/Portugal joined

    Joined after democracy started for better economies
  • Fall of Berlin wall

    Gorbachev had a new perspective
    very chaotic fall of the wall
  • Polish independence

    Due to Solidarity winning the elections they got autonomy
  • The baltic way political demonstration

    line in Baltics
  • Tiannamen Square massacre

    brutal reprisal of student protests of the establishments
  • Reunification of Germany

  • Privatisation in China

  • Dissolution of USSR

    In 1989 many Soviet candidates lost in elections around the Union, baltics independent
    1990: Yeltsin declared Russia independent
    1991: Dissolution officially
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    Yugoslav War

  • ICTY founded

  • Rejection of EU constitution

    Harmed EU integration