Beginnings Flashcards
Who is Joseph Stalin and what did he do?
Ran soviet state, communist, paranoid, mass murderer (40 mil+), saw Soviet Union through “Great Patriotic War” (WW2)
What are elements of soviet communism?
Only one party (communist), labor controlled by state, command economy, state atheism, censorship, little exercise of personal freedom
Who wanted to open the second front in World War Two?
Russia. They eventually did during d-day
Who won World War Two?
Soviet Union because they lost the most lives
Who were the big three at Yalta in 1945?
Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill
What was decided at Yalta?
Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation, free elections in countries liberated from Germany
Who where the big three at Potsdam?
Truman, Churchill, Stalin
What was decided at Potsdam in July-August 1945?
Stalin decided Germany would be divided, he wants repartitions, and there would be no free elections
Who coined the term “The Iron Curtain”?
Winston Churchill
Why was the Cold War a war of?
Ideological warfare
What were the two communist revolutions that broke out in 1947?
Turkey and Greece
Who did Americans feel was behind the communist revolutions of 1947?
Stalin
What did George C. Marshall say?
“Hungry people turn to communism” let’s feed them
What was the marshall plan?
12.5 billion in foreign aid, led to first contact of Cold War, benefited Europe,
What was the purpose of the Marshall plan?
To fed people in non communist countries (it worked)
