Conflict and Tension pt1 key dates and facts

Question 1

when was the Yalta conference?

Answer 1

Feb 1945

Question 2

who was apart of the Yalta conference?

Answer 2

Churchill,Stalin and Roosevelt

Question 3

what does Soviet Sphere of Influence mean?

Answer 3

area where the USSR had some control

Question 4

how many approximate USSR deaths were there post-WW2?

Answer 4

over 20 million

Question 5

how many approximate USA deaths were there post-WW2?

Answer 5

400,000

Question 6

when did Roosevelt die?

Answer 6

12 April 1945

Question 7

what was the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 7

Treaty of Versailles(1919) was a peace treaty imposed on Germany Post-WW1 which humiliated Germany-helped Hitler come into power

Question 8

who was at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 8

Churchill(replaced with Attlee half way through after the July election in Britain),Truman and Stalin

Question 9

when was the Potsdam conference?

Answer 9

July 17th 1945

Question 10

demilitarisation

Answer 10

to remove weapons and military forces from (an area)

Question 11

decentralisation

Answer 11

the process of shifting control from one main group to several smaller ones

Question 12

denazification

Answer 12

remove the Nazi influence from (an area or institution

Question 13

how much did Stalin want in reparations from Germany post war?

Answer 13

$10 billion

Question 14

when was the first successful atomic test?

Answer 14

16th July 1945

Question 15

when was a bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 15

6th August 1945 and 9th August 1945

Question 16

why was The Potsdam conference in Germany?

Answer 16

to assert authority over Germany

Question 17

Manhattan project

Answer 17

USA’s programme to develop powerful nuclear weapons(began 1939)

Question 18

when did Churchill give his iron curtain speech?

Answer 18

1946

Question 19

why did Churchill have an Iron curtain speech?

Answer 19

talked about the border between Soviet-controlled countries and the west as an iron curtain

Question 20

did truman agree with Churchills iron curtain speech?

Answer 20

he sat on the stage while Churchill gave the speech-likely that he agreed with him

Question 21

which countries had become Communist by 1946(Eastern Europe)?

Answer 21

1. Poland
2. Hungary
3. Romania
4. Albania
5. Bulgaria

Question 22

when was Cominform set up?

Answer 22

October 1947

Question 23

who was Tito?

Answer 23

elected Yugoslavian Communist President

Question 24

when was Tito expelled from Cominform?

Answer 24

1948

Question 25

what Easter European countries weren’t Communist by 1948?

Answer 25

Czechoslovakia and Greece

Question 26

why was France and Italy vulnerable to Communist takeover?

Answer 26

had strong Communist parties which belonged to Cominform

Question 27

when were the Nazis driven out of Greece?

Answer 27

1944

Question 28

when dodging the Civil war break out in Greece?

Answer 28

1946

Question 29

when did Britain withdraw from the situation in Greece?

Answer 29

24th February 1947

Question 30

how much was the ‘Greexe and Turkey Aid bill’

Answer 30

a package of $400 million

Question 31

when did Congress agree to pass the Greece and Turkey Aid bill?

Answer 31

March 1947

Question 32

when was Truman’s speech on Containment?

Answer 32

12th March 1947

Question 33

what was the immediate trigger for Truman’s speech on containment and Truman proposing the Greece and Turkey Aid Bill?

Answer 33

Britain withdrew their troops from Greece(so they were more susceptible to a Communist takeover)

Question 34

when was Truman’s ‘Truma Doctrine’ speech?

Answer 34

12th March 1947

Question 35

what did the Truman Doctrine do?

Answer 35

clear statement on America’s opinion on the Sovietisation of Eastern European countries and the spread of communism. USA was prepared to send money, equipment and advise to countries which they deemed under threat of a communist take over.

Question 36

where did Truman believe communism thrived ?

Answer 36

impoverished countries

Question 37

what did George Marshall discover when he was sent to Europe?[3]

Answer 37

1. a ruined economy
2. a shortage of goods
3. $11.5 billon in war-time debt to the USA

Question 38

how much did Marshall suggest to rebuild Europes Economy?

Answer 38

$17 billion

Question 39

when did Truman suggest the Marshall Plan to congress?

Answer 39

December 1947

Question 40

what was congresses initial reaction to the Marshall Plan?

Answer 40

it was too expensive so no

Question 41

what changed congrsses mind about the Marshal plan?

Answer 41

Czechoslovakia becoming A communist government in 1948

Question 42

what was the purpose of the Marshall plan?[3]

Answer 42

1. help solve poverty in Europe
2. help prevent the spread of Communism
3. create American Markets abroad

Question 43

what was Stalins reaction to the Marshall Plan?

Answer 43

he was suspicious and forbade Eastern European states from for applying for the Marshall Plan ad her believed the anti-communist sentiments behind the Marshall Plan would weaken his control and that USA was trying to make as many countries rely on them.