1946 Telegrams and Iron curtain speech

Question 1

George………….sent a Long telegram(8,000 words )that hardened anti –Soviet feelings

Answer 1

Kennan

Question 2

The 1946 Long telegram heled the Cold War develop /worsen as it convinced
Truman of the need to try act to……..the spread of communism

Answer 2

contain

Question 3

The Soviet ambassador to Washington,Novikov warned Stalin the US was
seeking …….domination

Answer 3

world

Question 4

Novikov’s telegram worsened Stalin’s fear and so the Cold War as he
warned the US was building up its army and …….. worldwide

Answer 4

bases

Question 5

Novikov telegram impact?

Answer 5

Stalin’s fears about the USA worsened. He sought to
increase Soviet control in Eastern Europe.

This worsened relations and the Cold War further
developed.

Question 6

Long telegram impact

Answer 6

Strengthened Truman’s anti-communist views and believed
the US needed to use its power to contain the spread of
communism.

Led to the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.

This worsened relations and the Cold War further
developed.

Question 7

Stalin called the……curtain speech very hostile and Churchill a firebrand of war.

Answer 7

iron

Question 8

The ‘Iron Curtain’ speech was widely reported and helped created negative

Image and mindset for many of a divided East and….

Answer 8

West

Question 9

non

Answer 9

non

Question 10

Churchill was right. 16 leading non-communist poles were arrested after Yalta. By
1948 rigged elections , arrest and assassinations had seen the creation of …satellite
states

Answer 10

8

Question 11

Impact of iron curtain speech

Answer 11

It had a major impact worldwide-

Established the image in many minds of a permanent
division between east and west- it helped create
international tension-

Stalin labelled it a very hostile speech-

Wrote an article in Pravda, calling Churchill a
‘firebrand of war’

Seen as marking the beginning of the Cold War and
influencing US opinion