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Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972
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I can explain why there was tension and disagreement between the USA and the USSR at the end of the Second World War.
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I can explain how the development of the atomic bomb increased tension between the USA and the USSR.
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I can explain how the USSR established satellite states to take control of eastern Europe between 1945 and 1948.
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I can explain the significance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.
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I can analyse the events of the Berlin Crisis of 1948.
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I can explain how the Cold War developed and then intensified between 1945 and 1958.
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I can analyse the events of the Chinese Civil War.
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I can explain the impact of the ‘loss’ of China on the superpowers during the Cold War.
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I can explain the causes and development of the Korean War.
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I can explain the significance of the Korean War.
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I can explain the resistance to French rule in Indochina and the consequences of France's defeats.
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I can explain the significance of US involvement in Vietnam in the years 1954-68.
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I can explain why there were hopes for improved superpower relations in the early 1950s.
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I can assess the key events and significance of the nuclear arms race.
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I can analyse the events of the Space Race.
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I can explain why NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed.
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I can explain the causes, events and consequences of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
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I can explain the impact of the U2 crisis on East-West relations.
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I can explain the causes, events and consequences of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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I can explain the consequences of the Cuban Revolution.
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