key topic 1 1943-58

Question 1

when was the tehran conference

Answer 1

1943

Question 2

what agreement were made at the tehran conference (4)

Answer 2

1. britain and the usa wouldhelp invade europe in 1944
2. usssr would help defeat japan arfter the nazis were defeated
3. new international body to help with land disputes
4. ussr would gain land from germany

Question 3

what did they disagree about in terhran

Answer 3

what to do about germany

Question 4

when was the yalta conference held

Answer 4

1945

Question 5

who were the leaders during the tehran and yalta conference

Answer 5

ussr=stalin
usa=FDR
britain=churchill

Question 6

what agreements were made in yalta

Answer 6

1. germany and berlin would be split into 4 zones
2. united nations was set up
3. ussr would help with japan
   4.ussr would hold free elections
4. nazis would stand trial

Question 7

who was roosevelt replaced with

Answer 7

truman

Question 8

when was the potsdam conference

Answer 8

1945

Question 9

who was churchill replaced with

Answer 9

clemet atlee

Question 10

agreements at potsdam

Answer 10

1. coucil of foreign ministers were set up to oversee the agreements to end war
2. de nazification of germany
3. germany reparations to be paid in assets and labour
   4 stalins sphere of influence

Question 11

factors causing the breakdown of the grand aliance

Answer 11

1. usa atomic bombs in hirshima and nagasaki
   was done by the usa to instill fear in the ussr
   ussr threated as they thought it was to control communism
2. they entered an arms race
3. the long telegram - peace between the 2 nations were unlikey
4. the novikov telegram

Question 12

concequence of the satilite states

Answer 12

1. increased tension -confirmed the divison between the eat and the west
2. the buffer zone was to protect the ussr against attacks from west germany at the expennse of those contries freedom
3. truman thought it was to speead commusims world wide
4. iron cirtain ideology

Question 13

Truman doctrine 1948

Answer 13

Preventing the spread of communism

Truman was scared that countries would find communism attractive due to the poverty around the world

Question 14

Marshal plan 1948

Answer 14

1. 17 billion dollar in aid to help repay the economy
2. Britain was the largest beneficiary
3. You have to trade with the USA

Question 15

Significance of the marshal plan

Answer 15

1. Supported Greece in defeating communism
   2 USA committed to containing communism
2. Stalin saw it was a direct attack on ussr and that they planed to boost the us economy

Question 16

Consequence of marshal plan

Answer 16

1. Stalin came up with Comecon and cominform

Cominform- organised all communist parties
They took orders from Moscow
Encouraged to trade with each other

Comecon- provided financial aid to satilite states

2 the west were united under the marshal plan and the policy of containment

Question 17

Trizonia 1948

Answer 17

USA, France and Britain joined to gather to form bizonia

Their goal was to improve the German economy
They did that by introducing new currency called the Deutschmark

Question 18

Why Stalin started the Berlin blockade

Answer 18

He was angry at the formation of trizonia as it was separate from east Germany
He felt that bizonia was hanging up on them and were trying to drive east Germany into poverty

Question 19

Berlin blockade 1948

Answer 19

Consequence of trizonia
Stalin did this to prove that Germany could only be united under the ussr

Question 20

Berlin airlift 1948

Answer 20

1. Truman needed to feed the people
2. If he marched through it would have been a declaration of war.
3. He sent planes to berlin
4. 1000 tones per day
   5 stalin lifted the blockade may 1949

Question 21

Consequence of blockade

Answer 21

Germany was split into 2 east and west Germany

Question 22

When was nato established

Answer 22

1949

Question 23

What was article 5 of the nato agreement

Answer 23

If one nation member is attacked the rest will fight to defend

Question 24

Significance of the arms race

Answer 24

Because of MAD both sides new not to start a war

Question 25

Events of the arms race

Answer 25

1945- USA atomic bomb
1949- ussr atomic bomb
1952- USA hydrogen bomb
53- ussr hydrogen bomb
Ect

Question 26

Leader of the USA in 53

Answer 26

Eisenhower

Question 27

Leader of the ussr 53

Answer 27

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 28

Consequence of nato

Answer 28

Warsaw pact 1955

Question 29

Hungarian uprising narrative

Answer 29

1. 1953 Stalin dies and is replaced with krushchev
   - introduces destabilisation
2. He places rakosi as the leader of Hungary( disliked and strict)
   3 replaced with Nagy(liberal)
   - freedoms, protest
3. Nagy suggest leaving Warsaw pact
   5 tanks sent to Hungary
4. Nagy ask USA for help, no help
5. 200.000 flee thousands killed
6. Nagy killed and arrested
   9 replaced with kadar