Consequences of key events Flashcards
What was the main consequence of the Yalta conference?
Division of Berlin ( 4 different regional sectors were planned out)
The united nations would be made.
Germany would have to pay reparations for damage caused. Many industrial sites were handed over to the Soviets as payment for damage.
What was the main consequence of the Potsdam conference?
The announcement of the atomic bomb broke the wartime alliance.
The change in western leaders made Stalin nervous, as they didn’t like him very much.
What was the main consequence of the Cuban missile crisis?
ussr rep
decreased
hotline
Ultimately, decreased tension by the end because both Turkish missiles and Cuban missiles were withdrawn from their camps.
The USSR looked weak because the world didn’t know that the Turkish missiles were withdrawn from their borders.
A direct hotline was created for communication between USA and USSR.
What was the main consequence of the Bay of pigs attack?
Castro started turning to the Soviets for trade, and they agreed, which meant that the USSR had now gained influence over the border of America.
What was the main consequence of the Hungarian uprising?
Strengthened Khruchevs position amongst the Warsaw back: now they knew that they couldn’t rely on help from the West if they were to revolt against Moscow.
What was the main consequence of the U2 plain crisis?
It broke down piecefull discusion on the future of Berlin becuase Eisenhower was unwilling to apologise for the spy plane. So khruchev retaliated by leaving the Paris summit, without making an agreement on the future of Berlin.
What was the main consequence of the Korean war?
Seato was made to help with affairs in ASIA.
China started to question the USSR’s usefullness and thus started strategise ways to leave thier partnership in the following years.
What was the main consequence of the Berlin blockade and airlift?
split
two names
formation of groups
Berlin was now indefinitely split into West and East.
FRG AND GDR
Nato was formed and then the Warsaw pact as a response to this.
What was the main consequence of the Berlin wall?
Led to arguably the most tense stand - off during the cold war. This being this being the standoff and checkpoint charlie.
What was the main consequence of the Marshall plan?
Was used to help communist countries like Yugoslavia escape from the control of the USSR.
Stalin saw this and other acts similar to this as a way for the USA to gain influence of Europe by the use of financial power. This I called dollar imperialism and Stalin was afraid that it would undermine Soviet control.
Created cominform.
What was the main consequence of the Prague attack?
Break - up
Communist parties of France and Italy cut ties with Moscow.
Strengthened Bhreznev’s control over East Europe.
Poland and East Germany welcomed these actions.
Why was the Korean War different?
Proxy
When the USA invaded North Korea in october 1950 the aim shifted from containing communism to capturing it
It was a proxy war meaning it was a war between the USA and ussr but they never directly fought
How did Stalin see the creation of nato?
Stalin saw the creation of nato as an act of aggression and therefore began to strengthen the soviets hold over Eastern Europe.
