1946 (Kenan long telegram, Novikov telegram, Churchill's Iron curtain speech)

Question 1

When was the long telegram?

Answer 1

22nd Feb 1946

Question 2

When was the Novikov telegram?

Answer 2

Sept 1946

Question 3

When was the iron curtain speech?

Answer 3

5th March 1946

Question 4

What was the purpose of the Long telegram?

Answer 4

• Show what Truman needs to do to stop Communist expansion
• show that East/West relations are going to fail
• Show that Communists = threat to USA and the free world.

Question 5

What did Kenan think that the USSR was trying to do (Long telegram)?

Answer 5

• Believed that Stalin wanted to impose communist views on rest of the world
• thought that Stalin was demonising the USA to legitimise Stalinist regime
• Thought that the USSR was going to try and pit the west against each other.

Question 6

What was the significance of the Long telegram?

Answer 6

• Supported Truman’s views (USSR = threat to US ideologies and security)
• Showed that US was moving away from isolationism and getting more involved in international affairs
• It became the basis of US foreign policy (containment)

Question 7

What did the Iron curtain speech say?

Answer 7

• Europe had been divided in half (one side communist the other non-communist)
• All communist countries answered to Stalin (controlled by USSR)
• USSR wanted to expand its power and ideologies with a soviet sphere of influence
• USA and UK need to keep strong relations to stop communists and keep peace in Europe

Question 8

Impacts of the Iron curtain speech

Answer 8

• Shows that the west opposes Stalin

Question 9

What was said in the Novikov telegram?

Answer 9

• States that USA wanted to achieve world domination using its massive military
• Stated that USA was building up their military to achieve this
• Said that USA was preparing for war with the USSR
• Said that the USSR was the only power left that could stand up to the USA

Question 10

What did the Novikov telegram cause?

Answer 10

• USSR to think that the USA doesn’t trust them
• USSR think that they need to occupy as much land as they can in Eastern Europe as possible for protection.

Question 11

What did the Novikov telegram cause?

Answer 11

• USSR to think that the USA doesn’t trust them
• USSR think that they need to occupy as much land as they can in Eastern Europe as possible for protection.