Early Tension

Question 1

When was the Tehran conference ? ⏰

Answer 1

November - December 1943

Question 2

When was the Yalta conference ? ⏰

Answer 2

February 1945

Question 3

What happened at the Yalta conference ? 🤔

Answer 3

Germany would be reduced in size, divided and demilitarised.

The UN would be set up.

Poland would be in the ‘Soviet sphere of influence’ but run on a broader democratic basis.

Question 4

When was the Potsdam conference ? ⏰

Answer 4

July - August 1945

Question 5

Who were the leaders present at the Potsdam conference ? 💪

Answer 5

Stalin

Truman

Attlee

Question 6

Name 3 things that were agreed at the Potsdam conference 🤝

Answer 6

Germany was to be divided into four zones of occupation, run by Britain, France,the USA and the Soviet Union

Berlin was also to be divided into zones of occupation

A council of foreign ministers was set up to organise the rebuilding of Europe

Question 7

What were the causes of the end of the Grand Alliance ? 😭

Answer 7

USA had an atomic bomb - huge military advantage over other countries

Distrust between the new leaders

No common enemy since Hitler had died

Differences in views as Stalin was communist and Truman/Attlee were capitalist

Question 8

What was the message in the Long Telegram about ? 😡

Answer 8

the Soviet Union saw capitalism as a threat

the Soviet Union was building it’s military power

peace between a communist Soviet Union and a capitalist USA was not possible

Question 9

What was the message in Novikov’s telegram about ? 😡

Answer 9

the USA wanted world domination and was building up military strength

the USA was preparing its people for war with the Soviet Union

Question 10

Name 3 satellite states 🤝

Answer 10

East Germany 
Poland
Hungary 
Romania 
Bulgaria 
Czechoslovakia

Question 11

Which ideology follows the idea of private ownership?

Answer 11

Capitalism

Question 12

Which ideology follows the idea of state ownership?

Answer 12

Communism

Question 13

What was the name of the three allied countries that formed to defeat Nazi Germany?

Answer 13

The Grand Alliance

Question 14

What was agreed at Tehran 1943?

Answer 14

Spheres of influence, USSR declare war on Japan, opening up of a ‘second front’

Question 15

What was agreed at Yalta in February 1945?

Answer 15

USSR have Poland in their ‘sphere’, but there would be ‘free elections’ in Soviet occupied countries

Question 16

What was agreed at Potsdam, July-August 1945?

Answer 16

Germany would be divided into four zones. Berlin would do the same. Nazis would be banned.

Question 17

Who were the ‘new faces’ at Potsdam?

Answer 17

Harry Truman, USA and Clement Attlee UK

Question 18

What did Harry Truman do to frighten the USSR and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 18

Used the Atomic Bomb on Japan, ending WWII.

Question 19

What did Stalin want in order to protect the USSR from invasions?

Answer 19

Buffer Zone

Question 20

Which two telegrams were sent in 1946 and 1947 that caused tension to rise?

Answer 20

Novikov and Long Telegram - Both said that each side were basically out to destroy one another

Question 21

Who wrote and read the ‘iron curtain’ speech? What was he talking about?

Answer 21

Winston Churchill. He suggested a iron curtain has emerged between the West and East across the heart of Europe

Question 22

What speech suggested the USA should help European nations both militarily and economically?

Answer 22

Truman Doctrine

Question 23

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 23

A speech outlining Harry Truman’s plans to contain the spread of communism. Known as containment.

Question 24

Why did Stalin blockade Berlin in 1948-49

Answer 24

He was angry that the Western powers had broken their promises and formed ‘trizonia’

Question 25

How did the Western powers get around Stalin’s blockade of Berlin in 1948-49

Answer 25

An airlift. It became known as the Berlin Airlift.

Question 26

How did Stalin get control of Satellite States?

Answer 26

Manipulation of elections, arresting opposition and creating a one party state

Question 27

What was the Marshall Plan?

Answer 27

Economic aid from the USA to any country in Europe who was willing to trade with them in return. Examples include Western European nations, UK, Italy, France, West Germany.

Question 28

What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 28

East and West Germany was created. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was set up. The Warsaw Pact was set up.

Question 29

How did Stalin react to the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan?

Answer 29

He set up com-inform and com-econ

Question 30

What was com-inform?

Answer 30

The organisation of communist parties and government throughout Eastern Europe. It gave Stalin total control over what happened in those countries.

Question 31

What was com-econ?

Answer 31

Financial assistance set up to help countries in the Warsaw Pact. This was the USSR’s equivalent of the Marshall Plan