Chapter 2 (1945-48) Flashcards

USSR in Eastern Europe, Long telegram, Iron Curtain speech, Truman Doctrine, Cominform

1
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Date of the Iron Curtain Speech

A

March 1946

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2
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Tactic Stalin used in Poland and Hungary

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Salami tactics

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3
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How did Stalin break the Declaration on Liberated Europe?

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By installing Lublin Poles in Poland and removing London Poles from government gradually

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4
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Countries in which the socialist and communist parties merged

A

Poland and Hungary

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5
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Year of rigged elections in Poland to ensure a communist victory

A

1947

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6
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Communist leader who was executed in Hungary for displaying anti-Moscow tendencies

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Rajk, in 1949

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7
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Country in which the leader of the Smallholders party was arrested

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Hungary

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8
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The leader of the Agrarian party who was executed in Bulgaria

A

Petkov

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9
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Which country were all other political parties banned (in 1947)?

A

Bulgaria

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10
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Leader of Yugoslavia

A

Tito

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11
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Country expelled from cominform due to not wanting to be controlled by Moscow

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Yugoslavia

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12
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Date of Kennan’s Long Telegram

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February 1946

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13
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Soviet response to Kennan’s long telegram

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Novikov telegram

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14
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Name of article in Kennan’s long telegram = systematic and focused containment of soviet expansionism

A

‘X’ article

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15
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Novikov telegram: number of US military bases in Atlantic ocean

A

288

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16
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Novikov telegram: percentage of budget spent on improving US military

17
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Purpose of the Novikov telegram

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To persuade Stalin to be more aggressive and paranoid towards the USA, claimed that the USA wants global expansion

18
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Contents of the Iron Curtain speech

A

A direct attack of soviet policies, have expansionist aims and want to spread communism

19
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Soviet response to the Iron Curtain speech

A

Stalin’s response in the Pravda newspaper

20
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Term Stalin called Churchill in his Pravda response

A

‘War mongerer’

21
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Date of the Truman Doctrine

A

March 1947

22
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Event that caused the Truman Doctrine

A

Britain pulling out of supporting the monarchists in the Greek Civil War

23
Q

Date of The Percentages Agreement

24
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Reason the USSR doesn’t step into Greece and fill the ‘power vacuum’

A

The Percentages Agreement

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Contents of the Truman Doctrine
The USA will provide economic aid to any country facing the threat of communism
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Soviet response to the Truman Doctrine
The Zhdanov Doctrine
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Contents of the Zhdanov Doctrine
Belief that the world is dividing into two camps, the USA are creating an anti-soviet sphere of influence
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Date Cominform was set up
1947 (Zhdanov)
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Purpose of Cominform
Coordinate communist parties in Europe, controlled by Moscow, anti-American