Superpower Relations + The Cold War

Question 1

What is the order of the conferences’

Answer 1

Tehran-1943
Yalta-1945
Potsdam- 1945

Question 2

Who was at the TEHRAN conference

Answer 2

UK- Churchill
USA- Rosevelt
RUSSIA- Starin

Question 3

Who was at the Yalta conference?

Answer 3

UK - Churchill
USA- Rosevelt
RUSSIA - Starlin

Question 4

Who was at the POTSDAM conference?

Answer 4

UK - Atlee
USA - Truman
RUSSIA - Starlin

Question 5

What was discussed at the Tehran Conference?

Answer 5

USA and Britain would open a ‘second front’ by launching an attack on Germany.
Starlin would go to war with Japan.
The United Nations should be set up.

Question 6

What was Agreed at Yalta?

Answer 6

Germany would be split into four zones controlled by USA, Britain, France and Soviet Union
The Nazi party was banned
The United Nations was set up
Starlin agreed to join the war against Japan
Future governments in Eastern Europe would be decided by a free election

Question 7

What was agreed at Potsdam?

Answer 7

Berlin would be split into four zones, USA, Britain, France and Soviet Union

Question 8

What did Starlin want at Potsdam which Truman did not agree with?

Answer 8

Starlin wanted Germany to pay heavy reparations. Truman thought this would make it harder for the German economy to recover

Question 9

When did the USA drop an Atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

Answer 9

6th August 1945

Question 10

When was the second atomic bomb released over Nagasaki

Answer 10

9th August 1945

Question 11

How many Japanese civilians were killed by the two bombs?

Answer 11

120,000

Question 12

What was Starlins reaction to the atomic bomb?

Answer 12

Starlin felt even more determined to make the soviet union secure. He now wanted to create a buffer zone between the soviet union and non-communist countries.

Question 13

When did the Soviet Union create their own atom bomb?

Answer 13

29th August 1949

Question 14

How did the Atomic Bomb increase tensions?

Answer 14

The bomb could kill millions of people and destroy the world a million times over.

Question 15

What was the George Keenans Long Telegram?

Answer 15

He reported that Starlin wanted to see the destruction of capitalism he felt as if the world outside was trying to destroy communism.

Question 16

What was the Americans reaction to the George Keenan Telegram?

Answer 16

It played a key role in American policy towards the soviet union. The American government was determined there should be a policy of ‘containment’ to stop communism spreading.

Question 17

What was the Novikov telegram?

Answer 17

A telegram sent from the USA to Moscow

Question 18

What did the Novikov Telegram say?

Answer 18

That the USA wanted their power to dominate the world. The Americans no longer wanted to cooperate with the Soviet Union

Question 19

What was the Impact of the Novikov Telegram?

Answer 19

The soviet union wanted to protect themselves as possible from the Americans.

Question 20

When was the Iron curtain speech and what did it say?

Answer 20

March 1946
Churchill(who was no longer prime minister but had massive influence) said that the Soviet Union was a threat to freedom and world peace.

Question 21

What was the impact of the Iron Curtain speech?

Answer 21

Increased tensions and mis-trust and led to the USSR to strengthen its forces and set up anti western propaganda.

Question 22

When did the Satellite states get set up?

Answer 22

1944 and 45

Question 23

Whats were the satellite states?

Answer 23

The countries on the boarders of The Soviet Union. He supposedly set them free but actually set them up with Communist governments to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and western Europe.

Question 24

What was the impact of the Satellite States?

Answer 24

Truman saw this as evidence that the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism and relations became more tense.

Question 25

Why did communism look attractive to war torn countries in Eastern Europe?

Answer 25

They were in ruins a lot of infrastructure had been destroyed, in these economic conditions, communism looked attractive to poorer members as in a communist state, the wealthiest people would have their wealth redistributed and shared by all.

Question 26

Why did Truman start the Truman doctrine?

Answer 26

Britain was nearly bankrupt and was unable to support other countries financially.

Question 27

When was Trumans speech about the Truman doctrine and what did it state?

Answer 27

12 March 1947

It would give economic aid of $400 million to Greece and Turkey and send American troops to support.

Question 28

What was the Marshal Plan?

Answer 28

A practical outcome of the Truman Doctrine

Question 29

How much did Truman give in the Marshal plan and when?

Answer 29

In the years of 1948 and 1952, he gave $12.7 billion in addition to the $13 billion given already given before the Marshall Plan.

Question 30

What did Starlin call the Marshal Plan?

Answer 30

Dollar Imperialism

Question 31

Why did Starlin not like the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 31

He saw this as a way of the USA trying to extend its influence in Europe. He saw this as a way of dividing europe into two parts economically.