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What divided the world during the cold war?
The divide between the Russians and Americans for their own self interests.
What was one of the first manifestations of the cold war?
the division of the European continent into competing political, economic, and military blocs.
Bloc
A group of nations with a common purpose
What was the iron curtain?
What divided Europe into two sides (USSR vs USA), Winston Churchill's saying.
What distinguished a US bloc?
parliamentary political systems and capitalist economic structures as well as adjusted economic views of a postwar world.
What distinguished a soviet bloc?
supported soviet economic and political institutions as well as Moscow's foreign policy goals- all under the watchful eye of the military (mostly in eastern Europe)
The USSR pressured the western powers to relinquish their jurisdiction over ______
berlin
What four countries split/shared berlin after nazis left?
US, USSR, France, Britain
How did people get to berlin if it was controlled by the USSR?
Through travel corridors controlled by the ussr
What caused the USSR to announce that the western powers no longer had jurisdiction in berlin?
The merging of the western powers and their occupation zones around berlin.
What did the british and US do to help west berlin after they no longer had jurisdiction?
they airlifted in the necessities for the people there to survive, they did this for 11 months.
What republic did the western powers form?
Federal Republic of Germany (west Germany)
What republic did the USSR form?
German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
How was berlin renamed?
East and west Berlin
About how many refugees tried/went to west germany and why?
3.5 million; for capitalism