Chapter 18.1 Origins of the Cold War

Question 1

What were the differences between the US and USSR

Answer 1

They both had very different ambitions

Question 2

Under Soviet communism, what happened

Answer 2

State controlled all property and economic activity

Question 3

Under capitalistic America, what happened

Answer 3

Private citizens controlled economic activity. There were competing political parties vs. communisty party in a totalitarian govt.

Question 4

Why was the US mad at the USSR and vice versa

Answer 4

US: Stalin had been an ally of Hitler,

USSR: Delay in counterattack, secret of atomic bomb

Question 5

What was the United Nations?

Answer 5

Formed on April 25, 1945, 50 nations met in San Francisco, June 26, 1945 it was established

Question 6

How did the US and UssR use the un

Answer 6

To spread their influence

Question 7

Who was a key figure in the US during the Cold War

Answer 7

Harry Truman

Question 8

What was the issue with Truman

Answer 8

Not many knew what he could do, but he was honest

Question 9

Who met at Potsdam

Answer 9

The Us GB, and USSR

Question 10

Who were the different leaders at Potsdam

Answer 10

Truman replaced FDR, Clement Attlee replaced churchill who lost the election

Question 11

At Yalta, what did Stalin promise Roosevelt?

Answer 11

He would allow free elections and secret ballets, but he didn’t

Question 12

What did Stalin’s refusal to allow free elections in Poland show Truman

Answer 12

He would have to create a new wolrd

Question 13

At the Yalta conference, the Soviets wanted to take reparations fro Germany. How did Truman react now

Answer 13

he objected

Question 14

After the barganning at Potsdam, what was agreed

Answer 14

The Soviets, British, Americans, and French would take reparations from their occupation zones

Question 15

What did Truman Feel

Answer 15

That the US had to spread democracy. They wanted access to east European goods so that htey could sell there

Question 16

Where did Stalin organize communist governments

Answer 16

Albania, BUlgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

Question 17

What were satellite nations

Answer 17

Countries dominated by the soviet union

Question 18

In early 1946, what did Stalin announce?

Answer 18

That communism and capitalism were incompatible and another war was inevitable

Question 19

In Feb 1946, George F. Keenan and Truman proposed what?

Answer 19

Containment: or taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule in other countries

Question 20

What two political regions was Europe divided into

Answer 20

Western Europe and Eastern Europe

Question 21

What was the iron curtain

Answer 21

The term used to describe the division of Europe

Question 22

What was the Cold War,

Answer 22

The conflicting Us and Soviet aims in Eastern Europe

Question 23

What countries did the US first try to contain

Answer 23

Greece and Turkey

Question 24

What was Britain doing for Greece and Turkey

Answer 24

Financially supporting them, But, they could not do it anymore, so the asked the US to do so

Question 25

What was the Truman Doctorine

Answer 25

The policy of the US to support free people who are resisting communist rule by armed monorities or outside pressures

Question 26

How much didt eh US spend wiht the Truman Doctorine

Answer 26

400 million

Question 27

In June 1947 the secretary of State Geroge Marshall proposed what?

Answer 27

That the US provide aid to all European countries who needed it

Question 28

How was germany divided

Answer 28

Into four occupation zones

Question 29

Although the powers had the right to unify the zones they had no written agreement to guarentee free acces to he city by road or rail (Berlin) What did Stalin do/

Answer 29

He closed all the highways and rails there

Question 30

What was the Berlin Airlift

Answer 30

When the Soviets closed the roads, the US sent supplies to WB-327 planes took off and landed every couple of numutes

Question 31

What is west and east Germany called

Answer 31

Federal Republic of Germany

German Democratic Republic

Question 32

What European countries joined together

Answer 32

Belgium, Denmark, France, GB, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, US and Canada

Question 33

What did the NATO alliance stand for

Answer 33

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 34

What was the Agreement with Nato

Answer 34

that countries pledged military support