Cold War

Question 1

What year were delta and Potsdam conferences

Answer 1

1945
Alta Feb
Potsdam July

Question 2

When was Churchill’s iron curtain speech?

Answer 2

March 1946

Question 3

When was Truman doctrine?

Answer 3

1947

Question 4

When was Berlin blockade?

Answer 4

June 1948

Question 5

When was Warsaw Pact formed?

Answer 5

1955

Question 6

When was Hungarian uprising?

Answer 6

1956

Question 7

When was Bay of Pigs invasion?

Answer 7

1961

Question 8

When was Berlin Wall constructed?

Answer 8

1961

Question 9

What are contrasting ideologies of USA and USSR?

Answer 9

USA
Multiple political parties 
Government elected by people voting
Free economy
Most have a reasonable standard of living
Opportunity for all

USSR
Based on Karl Marx
All businesses and profits owned by state
One party state, all other parties banned
Economy controlled by Government
Lower average standard of living
Based on ideas of fairness and equality

Question 10

What did Lenin want to overthrow?

Answer 10

Capitalism

American dream of individuals becoming rich

Question 11

Why did UK not trust USSR

Answer 11

They fought against them in WW1

Question 12

What was Grand Alliance?

Answer 12

Hitler invaded USSR
Teamed up with UK and France
East vs West

Question 13

Why did USA not trust USSR before WW2

Answer 13

Ideological differences
Russia joined forces with Allies Germany in WW1
Stalin brutal and ruthless
Propaganda - Red Scare led to panic and arrests in USA
Russian civil war reds (communists) against whites (anti communists)
Nazi Soviet pact

Question 14

What key agreements at Yalta?

Answer 14

United Nations UN formed
Liberated countries of Eastern Europe allowed free elections
Germany divided into 4 zones

Question 15

What are key agreements of Potsdam?

Answer 15

Division of Germany
Nazi party banned
Germans living in Poland Hungary and Czechoslovakian returned to Germany
Poland lost territory

Question 16

What was impact of atomic bomb?

Answer 16

Japan surrendered
No need for soviet troops so no need for Grand Alliance
Truman did not tell Stalin about bomb - led to mistrust
Uk was seen as weaker so wanted friendship with USA

Question 17

What ended WW2?

Answer 17

Hiroshima bomb

Question 18

What is iron curtain?

Answer 18

Invisible line between East and West Europe

First mentioned by Winston Churchill

Question 19

What is long telegram?

Answer 19

1946
Us embassy sent report
8000 words
Soviets want to spread USSR influence as wide as possible
USSR saw USA as enemy

Question 20

What is Truman Doctrine

Answer 20

1947
Communism threat to USA and rest of world
USA to support any country under threat from communism
Contain communism not let it spread to other countries

Question 21

What was Marshall Plan?

Answer 21

George Marshall US Secretary of State
To aid economic recovery to stop other countries turning to communism
Contain communism in Eastern Europe
Create market for US goods to build up US economy
Everything had to be bought from US suppliers
Standards of living in Europe rose

Question 22

What dis Stalin see Truman Doctrine as?

Answer 22

Threat to communism

Question 23

What was Stalin’s response to Marshall plan?

Answer 23

He thought US gained power over countries accepting aid
This would lead to world domination

Created Comecon
Soviet alternative to Marshall aid

Question 24

Why was Yugoslavia a problem for Stalin

Answer 24

Accepted Marshall aid

Only communist country to (was forbidden by Stalin)

Question 25

What was West Germany renamed?

Answer 25

FDR | Federal Republic of Germany

Question 26

What was East Germany renamed?

Answer 26

GDR | German Democratic Republic

Question 27

What does NATO stand for?

Answer 27

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Question 28

Which countries signed a Treaty of Friendship?

Answer 28

China | USSR

Question 29

What were consequences of Korean War?

Answer 29

USA willing to go to war to contain communism USA did not want direct conflict with USSR Stalin gave weapons but not troops Tried to unite North and South Korea

Question 30

Which countries were in Warsaw Pact?

Answer 30

``` USSR Bulgaria Romania Albania East Germany Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia ```

Question 31

What was purpose of Warsaw Pact?

Answer 31

Counter balance power of NATO | Protect countries behind iron curtain

Question 32

Why was NATO formed?

Answer 32

In response to Berlin Blockade | 1949

Question 33

Which countries are in NATO

Answer 33

``` USA Canada UK France Denmark Italy Norway Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Iceland West Germany ```

Question 34

Why was there a space race?

Answer 34

USSR and USA both want to be superior and lead the way | Propaganda

Question 35

Who sent first satellite to orbit earth?

Answer 35

``` USSR Sputnik 1957 First dog Lanka Triumph for communism ```

Question 36

Who was first human in space?

Answer 36

Yurt Gagarin 1961 USSR

Question 37

Who was first human to walk on moon?

Answer 37

Neil Armstrong USA 1969

Question 38

When was hydrogen bomb built

Answer 38

1952 | USA

Question 39

What is Polaris?

Answer 39

Nuclear missiles fired from land sea or air or submarine

Question 40

What is CND in arms race?

Answer 40

Campaign for nuclear disarmament

Question 41

What was destalinisation?

Answer 41

After Stalin death 1956 | New leader suggested a more open peaceful approach

Question 42

What was Hungarian uprising?

Answer 42

Student protest List of demands for better rights Hungary withdrew from Warsaw Pact

Question 43

What US pilot was shot down in his spy plane by USSR?

Answer 43

Gary Powers | 1960

Question 44

When was Berlin Wall built?

Answer 44

1961 Stop western spies entering East Germany Stop educated people leaving by seeing the West

Question 45

Who said inch bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)?

Answer 45

Kennedy When visited Berlin Wall US committed to fighting communism

Question 46

When was bay of pigs invasion?

Answer 46

1961 | Cuba

Question 47

Why was bay of pigs invasion a disaster?

Answer 47

Kennedy withdrew support Cuban exiles left exposed 200 killed 1200 taken prisoner

Question 48

What were results of Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 48

Kennedy hard stood up to Khrushchev Khrushchev claimed to remove weapons to encourage world peace Removal of missiles from Cuba no threat to USA Special hotline bling White House and Kremlin

Question 49

What was Brezhnev Doctrine?

Answer 49

1968 speech If any Warsaw Pact country behaved same way as Czechoslovakia it would face same consequences Prague spring movement

Question 50

What was Prague spring movement?

Answer 50

Soviet Forces took control of Prague in Czechoslovakia | 1968

Question 51

What were reasons for detente?

Answer 51

China soviet split Neither side wanted war so talk Neither wanted to use nuclear weapons to bring mass destruction Economic issue too expensive to keep making weapons Improved relations in 1970s USA/USSR

Question 52

What is Kremlin?

Answer 52

HQ Soviet government | Moscow

Question 53

What is Red Scare?

Answer 53

Widespread fear of communism