Cold War

Question 1

What was the Cold War?

Answer 1

-After ww2, the USA and USSR emerged, forming the superpowers.
- the Cold War was a period of tension and hostility between these two powerful countries. They never actually went to war with one another

Question 2

What caused the Cold War

Answer 2

1. Political differences
2. Communist vs capitalism
3. Post war disagreements

Question 3

What was there post war disagreements

Answer 3

• After ww2, the Soviet Union took control of countries in Eastern Europe(e.g Poland, Hungary) to create a buffer zone with the west.
  -Churchill said these Soviet Satellite States were behind the iron curtain.

Question 4

What was the Marshal plan?

Answer 4

-The US developed this to help European recovery after ww2. The USSR objected this.

Question 5

What was the Truman Doctrine

Answer 5

President Truman offered financial aid to any country threatened by communism

Question 6

Why was the Cold War important

Answer 6

1. The Cold War was a clash of 2 different ways of life.
2. The USA was a capitalist democracy
3. The USSR was a communist dictatorship.

Question 7

How was the USA a democracy and capitalism

Answer 7

DEMOCRACY
1. People vote for those in charge.
2. Different political parties
3. Freedom of speech
CAPITALISM
1. Private ownership of business and industry

Question 8

How was the USSR a dictatorship and capitalism

Answer 8

DICTATORSHIP
1. One party/ person in control
2. No opposition parties allowed
3. Strict censorship
CAPITALISM
1. Government ownership on business and industry

Question 9

What year did the Berlin blockade happen

Answer 9

1948-1949

Question 10

What did they decide at the conference meeting?

Answer 10

That Germany would be divided into 4 zones
1. America
2. Soviet Union
3. Britain
4. France

Question 11

Was the division permanent or temporary

Answer 11

Temporary

Question 12

What was the Soviet Union view on how Germany should be treated after WW2

Answer 12

Soviet Union demanded huge reparations from their zone in Eastern Germany.

Question 13

What was the American and British view on how Germany should be treated

Answer 13

They wanted to revive the German economy and establish a democratic government

Question 14

What did America and Britain do to there sectors in Germany

Answer 14

They launched a new currency called the Deutschmark

Question 15

What was the Soviet Unions response to this?

Answer 15

The SU responded to this by cutting of all road, rail and canal links to West Berlin. Power supplies were also cut off.

Question 16

What did America and Britain do after that?

Answer 16

They launched operation vittles to West Berlin including food, medical supplies, petrol and coal.

Question 17

Why did Stalin lift the blockade in May of 1949?

Answer 17

Because he saw that supplies were being maintained and the spirit of West Berlin remained strong

Question 18

What was the Berlin Blockade so important

Answer 18

1.It showed that the Soviet Union was willing to raise tensions, but not willing to go to war with the west.
2. Germany was split into 2, west and east Germany.
3. The USA and Canada and other European countries formed NATO.
4. USA felt they won their first victory in war.