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Period study: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91
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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 arms race led to an increase in Cold War tension between the USA and the USSR.
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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 how the Cold War developed and then intensified between 1945 and 1958.
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I can explain why disagreements about Berlin led to an increase in tension between the USA and the USSR between 1958 and 1961.
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I can explain the impact of the Berlin Wall on the city and people of Berlin and on US-Soviet relations.
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I can explain the consequences of the Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
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I can analyse the causes, key events and consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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I can explain the consequences of the Prague Spring.
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I can explain the consequences of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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I can explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War crises that took place between 1958 and 1970.
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I can explain the significance of the SALT I treaty.
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I can explain why there was not a sustained improvement in US-Soviet relations after the Helsinki Accords.
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I can explain the causes and consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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I can explain why there was a sharp increase in Cold War tensions after Reagan was elected as US President.
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I can explain Gorbachev's 'new thinking' and its impact on US-Soviet relations.
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