Foreign Policy 45-75

Question 1

What’s the difference between Communists and capitalists

Answer 1

Capitalist generally believe in democratic government private enterprise control of economy

Communist generally believe in a dictatorship in government control of the economy

Question 2

Why were American terrified of communism

Answer 2

After Russian revolution they wanted to spread communism over the world

Question 3

What was the Yalta and Potsdam conference

Answer 3

A conference intended to make arrangements for the post war world

Potsdam and Yalta the USSR and USA fellows

Question 4

Why was Stalin bitter at World War II

Answer 4

Lost 20million troops

Question 5

What did the yolta conference say?

Answer 5

Russia permitted to have influence over the region that the left their troops in however the countries of Eastern Europe stop democratic elections

America feared that was an attempt to expand Russia’s borders

Germany would be divided into four zones to be administrated by each of the Allied

Question 6

What did the Potsdam conference say

Answer 6

America feared that starling might take advantage of the situation that America was still at war with Japan to gain land in Asia

Question 7

How did america prevent soviet gains in the Far East

Answer 7

Dropping of atomic bomb 1945

Question 8

What was the iron curtain

Answer 8

The way Churchill described how Russia had divided Europe into communist east as capitalist west

Question 9

What is the Truman doctrine of 1947

Answer 9

Prevent the spread of communism at all costs

Question 10

How did the Marshall plan benefit the Truman doctrine

Answer 10

Give money to countries in Europe and other parts of the world that were capitalist

Question 11

How much money did the Marshall plan give out by 1951

Answer 11

$12.5 billion

Question 12

Stalin’s reaction of the Truman doctrine and Marshall plan

Answer 12

Unhappy so he set up Comecon and Cominform to fund and promote the spread of communism and protect against capitalist aggression

Made America suspicious

Question 13

What was the Berlin blockade and airlift

1948

Answer 13

At the beginning of 1948 that three western zones of Germany and feeling when managed to form a single is the one with the help of the Marshall plan West Berlin became very prosperous

Stalin was unhappy at the presence of an island of capitalism in his area of influence so the soffit military government in Burlin began to blockade westerns all of the city refusing to permit supplies from the west zone of The city to the Russian soon

Truman was determined to resist so on the 26th of June and airlift be going over the next 10 months supplies were airlifted to the blockaded city this enables allies to providing food and fuel the 2.5 million people living in West Berlin

Question 14

How much tons of supplies were airlifted during the Berlin airlift

Answer 14

2.2 million

Question 15

What is the result of the Berlin airlift

Answer 15

Stalin did not dare to attack the aeroplanes and admitted defeat and lifted the blockade in 1949

Tensions between the superpowers we are now greater than ever

Question 16

When was the Korean War

Answer 16

1950-53

Question 17

What was significant about the Korean War

Answer 17

The time when the Cold War became a global conflict

Question 18

What were the 3 causes of he Korean War

Answer 18

1) domino theory after China fall in 49- was worried if Korea fell communists would capture Jason
2) Stalin involved in Far East North Korea leader Sung went to Stalin to get his agreement to attack south
3) 1950 South Korean leader boasted he was going to attack north - good excuse so north invaded south

Question 19

What were the 5 events of the Korean War

Answer 19

1) North Korea attack and easily defeated South Korea’s army. America was alarmed and persuaded United Nations to pass a resolution support in South Korea. The American sent troops to Korea to reinforce the South Korean army
2) general MacArthur led a UN Landing behind North Korean troops forcing them to retreat . Then invaded north Korea advancing as far as Chinese boarder
3) Chinese alarmed so November 1950 200,000 Chinese troops attacked MacArthur
4) March 51 America landed more troops and used bombers , drove Chinese back.
5) Truman told MacArthur to stop - was sacked and publicly criticised

Us threatened to atomic bomb China if didn’t stop fighting

All sides agreed truce in 1953

Question 20

How many US troops lost in Korean War

Answer 20

54,000

Question 21

How successful was containment in Korea .

Answer 21

Worked as stopped south becoming communist

Question 22

What was containment

Answer 22

Process of stopping the spread of communism

Question 23

3 causes of the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 23

Super power tension

Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Bay of pigs

Question 24

How did super power tension lead to Cuban missile crisis

Answer 24

Space race 
Arms race
Nuclear testing 
US funding of Vietnam 
Berlin Wall 

All created tension

Question 25

How did Fidel Castro’s Cuba lead to missile crisis

Answer 25

Castro made trade agreement with Russia

Cuba sent sugar in return for oil

Made America stop trade with cuba

Question 26

How did the bay of pigs lead to Cuban missile crisis

Answer 26

April 61 CIA encouraged funded and transported anti Castro members to invade Cuba and cause uprise, failed embarrassing JFK

Russia publicly promised weapons to Cuba to defend against America

Question 27

What were the events of of Cuban missile crisis

Answer 27

U2 spy plane takes pictures of missile bases in Cuba

JFK announced Naval blockade of Cuba

Cuba said missiles only to defend

Russia ships reached blockade and turned back

Russia was building missile bases / JFK planned attack on Cuba

U2 plane shot down and Garry Powers captured

Kruschev agreed with JFK to remove missile bases if blockade was removed

Question 28

What were results of Cuban missile crisis

Answer 28

Khruschev lost prestige as failed China broke from Russia

JFK gained prestige as sees the man who faced Russians

Both sides more careful in future

Agreed nuclear test ban treaty

Cuba remained communist

Question 29

5 causes of why the Vietnam war started

Answer 29

1) . The Cold War cause the fear of communism
2) The French were at war with Ho Chi Minh and were defeated at the Battle of the Dien bien phu
3) Truman support of the French with cash. Ike also backed Diem‘s decision not to hold elections. JFK supported containment send in cash and advisors. LBJ believe in domino theory
4) The VC increased due to unpopularity of diem
5) gulf of tonkin (two us ships attacked blamed by North Vietnam) led to war

Question 30

When was the gulf of Tonkin

Answer 30

August 1964

Question 31

What were the consequences of the Vietnam war

Answer 31

• Us outwitted but guerrilla tactics
• people were drafted into war but 15 million drafted (students)
  -58,000 died and 300,000 injured
  -Nixon saw the chance to role back communism
• after tet offensive wake up he wanted vietnamisation
  -Xmas bombing caused backlash
  -Kissinger (negotiator with north) cane more
  Influencial
  -Us withdrew with ‘peace with honour’