Conflict and Tension 1945-1972: The end of WW2

Question 1

What were the main 5 contrasting ideologies of the USA and USSR?

Answer 1

USA: USSR:
. Capiltalist . Communist
. Free economy . Controlled economy
. Private buisnesses . Buisnesses owned by
state only
. Normal standard . Lower average
of living standard of living
. Wealth divide . Equally shared
wealth

Question 2

Why was their so much mistrust between the USA and USSR before WW2?

Answer 2

. Ideological differences
. Propaganda
. WW1
. The Russina Civil War
. Stalin’s regime
. The Nazi-Soviet Pact
. The Grand Alliance

Question 3

What 3 people were part of the Yalta Conference in February 1945?

Answer 3

Stalin, Chuchill and Roosevelt

Question 4

What 4 aims did the USA not share with the USSR in the Yalta Conference?

Answer 4

1. The creation of the Spheres of Influence to guarantee security
2. Germany should remain weak
3. German industry should pay for the rebuilding of the USSR
4. The World Bank and IMF should ahve np authority over the USSR

Question 5

What 4 key agreements were made in the Yalta Conference?

Answer 5

1. Liberated countries in Eastern Europe could hold free elections
2. Germany/ Berlin would be split into 4 zones
3. The UN would be formed to ensure future co-operation
4. ‘The Decleration of Liberated Europe’ was signed, but each leader interpreted it differently

Question 6

What 3 people were part of the Potsdam Conference in July 1945?

Answer 6

Stalin, Attlee and Truman.

Question 7

What 4 key agreements were made in the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 7

. Confirmation of Germany’s division
. The Nazi Party was banned and its leaders put on trial
. Germans in Poland, Hugary and Czechoslovaki were to be returned to Germany
. Poland was to loose territory to the USSR

Question 8

What caused the Grand Alliance to dissolve during Potsdam?

Answer 8

. Stalin’s desires to make Germany pay reperations was opposed by Truman and Attlee
. Stalin wished to keep Eastern European countries under Soviet influence
. Truman kept the USA’s atomic bombs a secret from the USSR

Question 9

Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on _________ and ________ in August ____ ended the war in Japan. Although, Stalin hadn’t been informed by his spies on the bomb’s existence, _______ didn’t inform him officially. Japan’s surrender removed the need for ______ troops, and therefore teh need for the Grand Alliance to continue.

Answer 9

1. Hiroshima
2. Nagasaki
3. 1945
4. Truman
5. Soviet