Major Events in the Cold War

Question 1

What were the Big 3 and what countries did they represent?

Answer 1

Franklin.D.Roosevelt (USA)
Winston Churchill (GB)
Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)

Question 2

Potsdam Conference: What was it? (1945)

Answer 2

The Big 3 meet to discuss the future of Germany and Eastern Europe.Tensions arise over the division of Germany and the spread of communism.

Question 3

Yalta Conference: What was it? (1945)

Answer 3

The Big 3 discussing the future of Europe and the Far East after WW2.Agreements were made regarding the division of Germany and Poland and the establishment of the United Nations (UN)

Question 4

The Iron Curtain (1946)

Answer 4

A speech given by Winston Churhill, declaring that the “iron curtain” has descended across Europe, separating the communist east from the capital west.

Question 5

Truman Doctrine (1947)

Answer 5

The US pledges to support countries resisting communist expansion.

Question 6

Marshall Plan (1947)

Answer 6

The US provides economic aid to Western European countries to rebuild after WW2.

Question 7

Berlin-Blockade (1948)

Answer 7

The Soviet Union is blocking West Berlin, cutting off supply routes. The US and its allies respond with the Berlin Airlift.

Question 8

Berlin Wall (1961)

Answer 8

The East German government builds a wall to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin.

Question 9

Cuba Revolution (1959)

Answer 9

Fidel Castro overthrows the Cuban government and establishes a communist state.

Question 10

Cuban Missiles (1962)

Answer 10

The US and the Soviet Union come to the brink of nuclear war over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba.