HISTORY 3305 Keylor; Chapters 3, 4 and 5 Chapter 3

HISTORY 3305 STUDY GUIDE 2 - EXAM 2

Keylor; Chapters 3, 4 and 5

Terms and things to know:

Chapter 3

D What was the Baruch Plan? D What countries oppose the LTB treaty? Why? D Define the following: . ICBM, . SLBM, . SALT I, . MIRV . MAD . Nuclear parity D What are the problems behind SALT I, who is involved? D What advantages does the United State have in weaponry, what about the Soviet Union? D What role does biological warfare play in arms limitation? . Why might countries turn to biological weapons? D What is the meaning of Ostpolitik? . What does Willy Brandt hope to accomplish? D Why was Charles DeGaulle recalled to office in 1958? . What did he want to accomplish and what changes does he make? D What is DeGaulle’s relationship with Germany, Soviet Union, the US, and Bonn? D How does DeGaulle change France’s relationship with NATO? . What was the force de frappe? D What was the Treaty of Helsinki? . What does the Helsinki Treaty accomplish? D Why does SALT II fail? . What role did Kissinger play? . What was the Vanik amendment? D How did Carter’s foreign policy differ from that of his predecessors? D What was the Star wars defense? . Why did arms control talks fall apart during Reagan’s first term? D What were the main problems the US and Soviet Union faced in trying to initiate arms control? D Why did Ronald Reagan criticize the Ford-Kissinger Foreign Policy? D Why was Carter’s appointment of Zbigniew Brezinski problematic? D How did Carter try to cut military spending? . How was the focus of Carter’s foreign policy different from his predecessors?

Chapter 4

D What did Khrushchev mean when he said “we will bury you?” D How did Gorbachev come to power? Page 1 of 3 KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY Elsa A. Nystrom, PhD HISTORY 3305 STUDY GUIDE 2 - EXAM 2

. What made Gorbachev different that his predecessors in the Soviet Union? . Define perestroika and glasnost. D What happened at the Reykjavik meetings of Regan and Gorbachev? D What happens in the following countries when Gorbachev offers them freedom of choice? . Poland: Jaruselski – solidarity – Karol Woijtila – Lech Walesa . Hungary – Bulgaria – Czechoslovakia – Vaclav Havel – Velvet Revolution - velvet divorce . Romania – Ceausescu – the Baltic countries D Why is German reunification Gorbachev biggest nightmare? . Erich Honecker, . Egon Krenz D How is he reassured? . What is the result of the 2 + 4 talks? D What reforms are made in the Soviet Union? . What is the result? . What happens to Comecon and the Warsaw Pact? . Where are the hot spots? D How does Boris Yeltsin gain power? . What happens to Gorbachev? . What happens to the Soviet Union seat on the security council of the UN? . What is the Start treaty? . What are the big problems in Soviet Georgia? D What happened to Turkey after the end of the cold War and what does it try to accomplish as a result? . What are the main problems that exist in the five predominantly Muslim republics in Central Asia? D What happens to ethnic Russians who moved outside Russia at this time? D What brings down Yeltsin? . How does Putin come to power? D What are the problems the US and Russia have in regard to NATO enlargement, Cechniya, the restoration of Russian glory and emerging Russian patriotism? D What kills Start II? . What is the result? . What happens to the stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons both sides have created?

Chapter 5

D EEC EFTA . Why does Britain want to join the European Economic Community? . What is DeGaulle’s response? Why? . What is his Fouchet Plan? D What does Walter Hallstein hope to accomplish in the EEC? . What is the empty chair crisis? D What are the five main agencies of the EEC?

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D Why are Greece, Spain and Portugal allowed to join the European Community in the 1980’s? D What is the ECU? D What changes are created by the Single European Act? D How does the Maastrict Treaty change the EC into the European Union? D What is the argument over widening or deepening the European Union? D What is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development? D Why were the Eastern European countries so quickly included into the EU? D Why is the EU reluctant to admit Turkey? D Where are the major areas of ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe? D Czechoslovakia – Czechs vs. Slovaks – velvet divorce D Why is Yugoslavia such a major problem? . How does Tito gain power? . What is his greatest political achievement? . What happens after his death? . What role does Slobodan Milosevic play? D What was the result of centuries’ long control of Serbia by the Ottoman Turks? . Why is the problem in Bosnia so difficult? . What three groups try to gain power? . What is the result? . How does the EU try to help? . What happens? . What does the new term ethnic cleansing mean here? D How does peace eventually come to Bosnia? D Why is the problem in Kosovo different? . What do the Serbs want to do to the Albanians in Kosovo? . What is the end result? D How do these ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe strain the relationship between the EU and the US and Russia, especially in regard to the UN Security Council? D How do you feel about the creation of a war crimes tribunal by the UN Security Council?

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