Consequence Question

Question 1

Give two consequences of the Tehran/Yalta/Potsdam conference

Answer 1

• Showed the cracks in the relationship of the Grand Alliance (marriage of convenience)
• Failed to reach it goals of Eastern Europe

Question 2

Give two consequences of the Manhattan Project.

Answer 2

• Started the arms race

- Alienates the USSR as the US and Britain had worked together

Question 3

Give two consequences of the Truman Doctrine.

Answer 3

• Led to the Berlin Blockade to test their resolve

- Increased risk of conflict

Question 4

Give two consequences of the Berlin Crisis of 1948-49

Answer 4

• Division of Germany

- Formation of NATO

Question 5

Give two consequences of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956

Answer 5

• Increased USSR’s control of Eastern Europe

- Showed the US considered it an internal affair

Question 6

Give two consequences of the construction of the Berlin Wall

Answer 6

• Highlighted the failures of dialogue between superpowers

- Increased conflict risk (C. Charlie)

Question 7

Give two consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 7

• Started détente

- Created hotline

Question 8

Give two consequences of the Prague Spring

Answer 8

• Didn’t impact détente

- Showed that Brezhnev was a hard-line leader

Question 9

Give two consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Answer 9

• Collapse of Communism

- End of the Cold War

Question 10

Give two consequences of Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘new thinking’.

Answer 10

• Collapse of Communism

- End of the Cold War

Question 11

Give two consequences of the creation of the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI).

Answer 11

• Showed that the USSR couldn’t keep pace

- Led to second arms race