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Question 1

Yalta conference 

Answer 1

February 1945 Roosevelt,
divide Germany into four zones
stalin join UN
Free elections
Stalin had distrust of the west and Churchill

Question 2

Potsdam conference

Answer 2

July/August Truman
Establish Reputation globally-tension
Failed to alert on bomb, dropped on Hiroshima four days after because no need for promisedSoviet aid means no place at negotiations
Reparations from each zone

Question 3

Truman doctrine and example of being used

Answer 3

Inspired by Churchills, iron curtain and Soviet troops failing to leave Iran Truman asked for $400 million for grease and turkey, military and economic assistance
Military commitment defend any country taken over by armed minority

Question 4

Marshall plan

Answer 4

Secretary of State, George, Marshall
Congress agreed after communist party, power in Czechoslovakia 1948
ERP European recovery program, $17 billion rebuild economies
In four years fastest period of growth, industrial production, 35% rise, European market for American goods, restored, USA protector, Stalin alienate

Question 5

Berlin, airlift

Answer 5

West Germany creation new currency Deutschmark
East Berlin, people cross to wealthier West capitalism, attractive
March 1948, blockade citing technical difficulties
Truman political brinkmanship, 2.5 million people needs RAF 1.5 million tons supplies 324 days 275k flights every 3 mins! Named operation vittles
May 1949, blockade lifted
Moral and propaganda, victory justified, creation of NATO , entrenched Truman doctrine

Question 6

When and who Japan, Truman?

Answer 6

14 August 1945, five days after second bomb on Hiroshima surrender
350,000 US troops general Douglas MacArthur, dictatorial powers, transform, militaristic state to modern democracy

Question 7

Policies, Japan, Truman

Answer 7

Between 1949 and 52 communist ban government posts democratic government, women votes
After Mao Zedong, China victory, Japan, desirable world markets as a balance
Korean War, Japan, base military spending boosted economy
Resentment but within a decade, reindustrialised

Question 8

Communist China, established

Answer 8

1946 Civil War
Limited military and financial aid given to Nationalists
Jiang jieshi flood to Taiwan
1949 People’s Republic of China mao

Question 9

Indo China, Truman

Answer 9

Laos Cambodia, Vietnam
During war, Japanese occupied fighting guerrilla force organised by Ho Chi Minh
Despite self-determination, Truman support, French 2b
Believed Ho Chi Minh puppet of Stalin, in reality, nationalist

Question 10

Korea, Truman

Answer 10

Soviet union North US south divided by 38 parallel
USSR, blocked unification UN effort
South elections syngman ree
Soviet installed Kim il sung
10,000 N. troops invaded 25 June 1950, with little opposition since US left
US lead UN intervention
Stalemate result futility of war, ongoing
14% GDP lost approval rating 22%