how did western attitudes to the USSR change after 1945

Question 1

what state is the USSR in in 1945

Answer 1

Soviet union is broke, has lost 27 million people

Question 2

what does truman do or offer in 1945 to the countries in Stalins sphere of influence

Answer 2

he provides and offers resources, aid and money to them hoping that they’ll side with him and not the USSR ( not become communist)

Question 3

how does stalin react to trumans offer

Answer 3

Stalin kind of forbids ‘his’ countries to accept Trumans offer and sends what he has (very little) to them.

Question 4

what does stalin set in place in 1945

Answer 4

COMICON

Question 5

how did trumans speech to congress create tensions between east and west

Answer 5

Truman openly declared that the USA would try and contain world spread of communism, which triggered the cold war. ( said they would help and aid anyone who is against communism)

Question 6

when was trumans speech to congress

Answer 6

1947

Question 7

what was the truman, clifford/ elsey report

Answer 7

Truman was worried that stalin wanted to accomplish world domination and so he wanted to document his concern. He spent weeks on his report and interviewed top officials of the USA. All offcicals agreed that something should be done and respond.

Question 8

what did the truman, clifford/ elsey report state

Answer 8

The report stated the policy of their country should be set and that the USSR was a menace to the freedom of the world + they must be prepared for them.

Question 9

when was the truman, kelsey, clifford report

Answer 9

1946

Question 10

what was churchills iron curtain speech

Answer 10

He said there was a line separating Eastern Europe and USSR to the west of europe. He said that communists were a threat to christian civilians and needed to be stopped

Question 11

when was churchills iron curtain speech

Answer 11

1946, in a college in fulton

Question 12

british withdrawal of aid to european countries

Answer 12

Britain would withdraw from economic + military aid bcs they didn’t have enough resources and money anymore. This led to the Truman doctorine.

Question 13

what was the truman doctorine

Answer 13

says truman will help anyone that is against communism

Question 14

what was the marshall plan

Answer 14

gave aid, money and resources to european countries

Question 15

when was the marshall plan

Answer 15

1946

Question 16

when was the truman doctrine

Answer 16

1947

Question 17

difference in experience between USA, USSR in the war

Answer 17

USA- 300,000 americans died. America was left greater + stronger then before. Unemployment rates decreased and production of ammunition provided money and employment for everyone.
their economy was on the rise

USSR- 27 million citizens died. whole of russia was destroyed. poverty was everywhere and people had no homes. 70000 villages destroyed

Question 18

what misconduct did the soviet troops show after the war in germany

Answer 18

after soviet troops arrived in germany, soviet soldiers would loot and vandalise homes and hunt down women and rape them. They seized industrial resources like machines + thousands of scientists and craftsmen which were taken to USSR.

Question 19

What was stalin Bolshoi theatre speech

Answer 19

For the soviet elections, stalin made a big speech. He promised no rewards to his people and only 5 year plans for heavy industry. he also warned that capitalism and imperialsim made future wars inevitable and communism would rule the world ( basically saying he was prepared to fight the west)

Question 20

when was stalins bolshoi theatre speech

Answer 20

1946