Satalite States Flashcards
Between which years did the Soviet Union spread its sphere of influence to neighbouring countries?
1947-1949
What are 2 examples of counties that were under Soviet sphere of influence?
Poland and Hungary
What is the term for counties under the Soviet sphere of influence?
Satellite states
Who were the satellite star countries under the control of?
Soviet Union
At which two conferences did the Soviet Union agree to free elections for counties within its sphere of influence?
Yalta and Potsdam
At Yalta and Potsdam, the Soviet Union agreed to what for the countries within its sphere of influence?
Free elections
Despite agreeing to free elections, the Soviet Union had the elections be what?
Fixed
Votes within satellite state elections fixed to make sure what party would win?
Communist Party
As well as ensuring the communist party would win in the Satellite State fixed elections, which party’s would then be removed from government?
Non-communist party’s
Due to the elections, once in control; the communist party would shut down what kind of parties within each country?
Opposition parties
Once All opposition parties were shut down in the satellite states, what would each of the county’s become?
A single-Party state
Which county became communist by being within the original Soviet zone of occupation?
East Germany
Which country became communist by rigging elections by having thousands of non communists arrest3;?
Poland
Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and East Germany are examples of what’s growing influence in Eastern Europe?
Soviet influence
The USA saw the Soviet occupation takeover of Eastern Europe as a betrayal of what conference/ agreement?
Yalta
Which country saw the Soviet occupation as a betrayal of the Yalta agreement?
USA
Aside the USA, others saw evidence of Soviet expansion, meaning Eastern Europe was merely a “what “ in taking over Western Europe?
A stepping stone
Others aside the USA saw the takeover of what as a stepping stone to the takeover of Western Europe?
Eastern Europe
As relations worsened, the USA was determined to contain communism, which was shown through the military and economic assistance of what?
(2 things)
Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan
The Soviet Union argues it needed to control Eastern Europe in order to protect it from what?
Attacks by the west
The Soviet Union argued that its Eastern Europe control was to protect it from western attacks, which they therefore claimed that the US response was what
Unnecessary/ Unreasonable
What was the USAs response to the spread of the soviet occupation in Eastern Europe?
Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan
Between 1947-1948, The Soviet Union spread its what to neighbouring countries?
Sphere of influence
