Emergence of Superpowers 1945-61

Question 1

Tehran Conference

Answer 1

November-December 1943

Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill

Question 2

Yalta Conference

Answer 2

February 1945

Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill

Question 3

Potsdam Conference

Answer 3

July-August 1945

Stalin
Truman (FDR died in April)
Attlee

Question 4

Germany Surrender- end of WW2

Answer 4

8th May 1945

Question 5

US test nuclear bomb

Answer 5

July 16th 1945

Question 6

US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 6

August 1945

Question 7

Kennan Telegram

Answer 7

February 1946

Question 8

Churchill’s iron curtain speech

Answer 8

2nd March 1946

Question 9

Bizonia formed

Answer 9

January 1947

Britain and USA

Question 10

Truman Doctrine

Answer 10

March 1947

Question 11

Truman ends Lend-lease

Answer 11

May 1945

Question 12

Truman aggressive meeting with Molotov

Answer 12

April 1945

Question 13

The Greek Civil War

Answer 13

1944-46

Question 14

Marshall Plan

Answer 14

June 1947

Question 15

Paris Peace Conference where aid was discussed

Answer 15

July 1947

Soviets walked out and forced Eastern European countries to not accept Marshall aid

Question 16

The Organisation of European Economic co-operation (OEEC) formed

Answer 16

March 1948

1st stage of a process which aimed to revive the German economy

Question 17

Cominform

Answer 17

September 1947

Question 18

Trizonia

Answer 18

1948

Britain, USA, France
In June they announce new Deutschmark

Question 19

Comecon

Answer 19

January 1949

Soviet version of Marshall aid

Question 20

The Berlin Blockade

Answer 20

June 1948-May 1949

Question 21

NATO

Answer 21

April 1949

Question 22

Chinese Revolution

Answer 22

September 1949

Question 23

The final establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (West) and German Democratic Republic (East)

Answer 23

October 1949

Question 24

Korean War

Answer 24

June 1950-July 1953

Question 25

Truman 'I'm tired of babying the Soviets'

Answer 25

January 1946

Question 26

Polish and Hungarian elections are rigged

Answer 26

1947 Poland- January Hungary- August

Question 27

Communist coup in Czechoslovakia

Answer 27

February 1948 Coup to impose a pro-soviet government

Question 28

Soviets explode first A-bomb

Answer 28

August 1949

Question 29

US get H-bomb

Answer 29

November 1952

Question 30

USSR get H-bomb

Answer 30

August 1953 MAD theory

Question 31

Stalin dies

Answer 31

March 1953

Question 32

Eisenhower becomes US president

Answer 32

January 1953 Chance for peace speech- April Atoms for peace speech- December

Question 33

Austrian State Treaty

Answer 33

May 1955 Making Austria neutral

Question 34

Eisenhower Treaty

Answer 34

1954 'Domino theory' in South East Asia

Question 35

Warsaw Pact

Answer 35

May 1955 After West Germany join NATO

Question 36

Geneva Summit- 'Spirit of Geneva'

Answer 36

July 1955 US, Britain, France and SU Eisenhower 'Open skies' speech

Question 37

Khrushchev's secret speech and De-stalinisation

Answer 37

February 1956

Question 38

The Hungarian uprising

Answer 38

October-November 1956

Question 39

Sputnik launched by Soviets

Answer 39

1957

Question 40

Treaty of Rome and set up of the European Economic Community (EEC)

Answer 40

March 1957

Question 41

Khrushchev visits USA as first Soviet leader

Answer 41

September 1959

Question 42

US U-2 spy plane shot down

Answer 42

May 1960

Question 43

Khrushchev storms out of Paris Summit

Answer 43

May 1960

Question 44

Kennedy becomes president

Answer 44

1961

Question 45

Bay of Pigs

Answer 45

April 1961

Question 46

Yuri Garagin First man in Space

Answer 46

1961

Question 47

Vienna Summit

Answer 47

June 1961 Khrushchev and Kennedy

Question 48

The Berlin Wall Constructed

Answer 48

August 1961

Question 49

The Hallstein Doctrine

Answer 49

September 1955