Roosevelt and Truman Flashcards
1
Q
When was Roosevelt first elected?
A
1932
2
Q
When did Roosevelt die?
A
1945
3
Q
What were Roosevelt’s actions in Yalta?
A
ensured the SU would join the war against Japan
secured soviet involvement in the UN
4
Q
Roosevelt’s mistakes in Yalta
A
duped by Stalin over free elections
allowed eastern Europe as a soviet sphere of nfluence
5
Q
Truman’s personality
A
More hard line on communism than Roosevelt was?
6
Q
examples of Truman’s get tough policy
A
Berlin airlift
using the US nuclear monopoly to intimidate Stalin
