germany after the second world war

Question 1

what was agreed at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 1

divide germany into zones of occupation

Question 2

what was the Allied Control Council and why was it set up?

Answer 2

oversee zones and make decisions across the zones in order to keep germany intact for re-unification

Question 3

identify 2 economic problems germany faced after the second world war

Answer 3

20% housing completely destroyed
30% more houses badly damaged
ford shortages - food consumption dropped to 950-1150 calories a day

Question 4

what began to develop after the 2nd world war between the allies?

Answer 4

capitlism vs communism cold war

Question 5

identify 3 actions the usa took against the ussr 1945-1949

Answer 5

marshall plan/truman doctrine

usa disallowed reparation payments from west germany to be given to the soviet union

Question 6

identify 3 actions the ussr took against the usa

Answer 6

leaving the allied control council
berlin blockade
lack of free elections

Question 7

when did the federal republic of german become independent?

Answer 7

may 22 1949

Question 8

when did the german democratic republic become independent?

Answer 8

october 7 1949

Question 9

identify 2 reasons why germany wasn’t reunited

Answer 9

berlin blockade demonstrated the 2 sides weren’t willing to work with each other
creation of trizonia and new currency deutschmark made west germany less economically dependent on east germany