the cold war start

Question 1

the big three post ww2

Answer 1

• Winston Churchill
• Franklin D roosevelt
• Joeseph Stalin

Question 2

when was the yalta conference

Answer 2

4-11 febuary 1945

Question 3

what was discussed at yalta

Answer 3

• the war against japan
• dividing germany into four zones
• punishment for war criminals
• the united nations
• free elections in liberated countries
• poland (only disagreement as the us/uk suported the lublin poles, eventually accepted the ussrs control of poland)

Question 4

aftermath of yalta

Answer 4

• stalin did not keep his pormise as free elections were not held
• communist governments were forced in the eastern european countries and nocommunist political parties were suppressed
• the ussr was the military occupier of eastern europe`

Question 5

what happened in between potsdam and yalta

Answer 5

• htiler suicide, germany surrender
• roosevelt died replaced by truman (anticommunist)
• americans successfully practiced atomic bomb

Question 6

when was the potsdam conference

Answer 6

17 july 1945-2 august 1946

Question 7

what was discussed at potsdam

Answer 7

• germany
  -reparations
  -eastern europe
  the potsdam conference ended without any agreements on any of the disagreements

Question 8

why did the usa-ussr alliance break down by 1945

Answer 8

• clash of ideologies
• actions by the usa
• actions by the ussr

Question 9

what was clash of ideologies

Answer 9

• both americans and soviets believed their way of life was superior
• ussr saw the us’s actions as building an economic empire

Question 10

what was actions by the usa

Answer 10

• us and uk supported london poles
• truman was less respectful of stalin than roosevelt
• truman threatened stalin with atomic bombs
• refused “soviet zones” in japan, total control of the ruhr and eastern europe

Question 11

what were actions by ussr

Answer 11

• stalin lied about free elections in eastern europe
• supported lublin poles
• refused to take red army out of liberated countries
• wanted to cripple germany completeley

Question 12

deterioration of relations in 1946

Answer 12

• USSR did not wihtdraw from persia and US told UN
• long telegram
• US blocked USSR plans in turkey

Question 13

deterioration of relations in 1947

Answer 13

• feb: truman doctrine
• spring: marshall plan
• sept: cominform

Question 14

what were the eastern bloc countries

Answer 14

• east germany
• Poland
• Czechoslovakia
• Hungary
• Romania
• Yugoslavia
• Bulgaria
• Albania

Question 15

ways the USSR controlled the eastern bloc

Answer 15

• Armed force/red army
• MGB/KGB/Secret police
• cominform/comEcon

Question 16

what was the truman doctrine

Answer 16

Truman’s policy of containment against communism and the USSR (to keep communism to its confines in the eastern bloc and not let it spread)

Question 17

what happened in 1948 czechoslovakia

Answer 17

pro american minister Jan Masaryk found dead, suspected killing by soviets, led to americans supporting the Marshall plan

Question 18

what was the marshall plan

Answer 18

• truman believed offering countries money meant they would turn away from communism
• countries will trade with the us and therefore become markets for us goods which expands economy
• countries would have an open door to the USA. this meant no trade tarriffs or restrictions
• stalin viewed this as “dollar imperialism”

Question 19

what was the long telegram

Answer 19

telegram sent to truman about the soviet attitude in 1946 by a spy

Question 20

what was the warsaw pact

Answer 20

treaty of eastern european countries with promise of military aid