soviet expansion!!

Question 1

at the end of world war 2 who controlled most of eastern europe?

Answer 1

ussr

Question 2

what land did the red army occupy?

Answer 2

the land that had been taken fro the nazis including poland, hungary, yugoslavia

Question 3

what ideology was popular in eastern europe?

Answer 3

communism after the horrors of nazi occupation

Question 4

how did soviets make it hard for non-communists to gain power?

Answer 4

by rigging elections and arresting and executing opponents

Question 5

what where the 2 western responses to soviet expansion?

Answer 5

the long telegram and chruchills iron curtain speech

Question 6

whats the long telegram?

Answer 6

as tensions grew, the US embassy in moscow began to report back on developments within the ussr

Question 7

what happend on the 22 feb 1946

Answer 7

george kennan, the well-respected second in command at the embassy, sent a report back to the usa

Question 8

what did the long telegram say?

Answer 8

-he believed that the soviets wanted to spread ussrks influence as widely as possible
-the ussr saw the usa as it’s enemy
-any attempt at co-operation between the usa and ussr would fail

Question 9

what was confirmed for truman by the ‘long telegram’

Answer 9

confirmed his own fears and has a large influence on his future approach towards the ussr