Superpowers 1940s Flashcards

1
Q
  1. What did Britain and America agree to do at the Tehran Conference of 1943?
A

Set up a Second Front.

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  1. What did Stalin agree to at the Yalta Conference of 1945?
A

Free elections in Eastern Europe

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  1. How much did the Soviet Union want in reparations at the Yalta Conference?
A

$10 billion

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4
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  1. Give 1 reason why relations worsened at the Potsdam Conference.
A

New President of America (Truman) or America had the atomic bomb or Stalin refused to have free elections in Eastern Europe.

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  1. How much did the Soviet Union get in reparations from the Allied zones in Germany at the Potsdam Conference?
A

A quarter of the industrial goods made in the western zones

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6
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  1. When and where did Churchill make his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech?
A

1946 in America (2 marks)

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7
Q
  1. What do you call a country that is independent only in name?
A

Puppet government, or satellite state

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  1. Name 5 countries in Eastern Europe taken over by the Soviet Union.
A

Poland or Hungary or Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria or Romania or East Germany or Albania

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  1. Who sent the ‘Long Telegram’ in 1946?
A

George Kennan

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10
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  1. What was the name of the telegram sent by the Russian ambassador?
A

Novikov Telegram

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11
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  1. How much did America give the Greek government to help them fight a civil war against Communists?
A

$400 million

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  1. The Truman Doctrine is often seen as a policy of what?
A

Containment

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13
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  1. What organisation did you have to join to get ‘Marshall Aid’?
A

OEEC (Organisation for European Economic Co-operation)

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14
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  1. How many countries accepted Marshall Aid?
A

16

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15
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  1. How much money was given out in Marshall Aid?
A

$13.75 billion

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16
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  1. What did Stalin set up to control Communists parties in Europe in 1947?
A

Cominform

17
Q
  1. What % of the population was imprisoned in Hungary by 1953?
A

5%

18
Q
  1. Give 2 reasons why Stalin started the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
A

Formation of Trizonia and the creation of the Deutschmark

19
Q
  1. How much did America spend on the ‘Berlin Airlift’?
A

$224 million

20
Q
  1. What official name was given to West Germany?
A

Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)

21
Q
  1. What official name was given to East Germany?
A

German Democratic Republic (GDR)

22
Q
  1. What military alliance was set up by the West in 1949?
A

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

23
Q
  1. In what year did the Soviet Union develop the atomic bomb?
A

1949