1.4 Long Telegram and Iron Curtain Speech Flashcards

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When was the Long Telegram released and how long?

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22nd February 1946
- 8000 words

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Overview of what the USA wanted in the telegram

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  • How Soviets saw post WW2 World
  • Why
  • What they’d do officially and unofficially
  • What the USA’s plan should be
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3
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Predictions Kennan made correctly

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  • Soviets international policy to increase strength and prestige
  • Attempts to weaken Western powers
  • Develop relations with countries hating the West
  • Weakening of power and influence by Western nations
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4
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Why was the Long Telegram so significant?

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  • Outlines beliefs which were to be the basis of American Policy
  • US couldn’t further work with the USSR
  • Soviets were the weaker force so predicted the USSR would collapse
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5
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What was containment?

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US policy of preventing the spread of communism

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When was the Iron Curtain speech given?

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6 March 1946

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What is meant bu the term ‘iron curtain’?

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A divide of Western and Eastern Europe suggesting the division Stalin has created

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Who was George Kennan?

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  • Hated communism and Soviet Gov
  • Lived in Moscow for 13 years
  • Writer of Long Telegram
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9
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Who gave the Iron Curtain Speech?

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Winston Churchill

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10
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Reaction of the Iron Curtain Speech by Stalin and what had been done by October 1946?

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10 days after speech Stalin responded via Pravda in March
- Presented SU as peacefully seeking Eastern European allies in order to reinforce the USSR’s security
- By October 1946 the USSR had developed a robust analysis of the state of international relations which was to act as a further justification for Soviet policy in Eastern Europe

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11
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What was Pravda?

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Opposition newspaper and official for Communist and Soviet party

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Overview to why USA was so hostile to communism following 1945

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  1. USSR’s views threatened freedoms of Western ideologies
  2. Long Telegram saw USSR as aggressive and expansionist
  3. Communist spread through Europe
  4. Military concerns for security/arms
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