The Conferences

Question 1

What year were the conferences?

Answer 1

Tehran 1943
Yalta 1945
Potsdam 1945

Question 2

Name 3 key outcomes of the Tehran conference.

Answer 2

• Establishment of the spheres of influence.
• There was strong disagreement over what to do with Germany after WW2
• Roosevelt showed he was willing to work with Stalin.

Question 3

Was there cooperation or tension in the Tehran conference?

Answer 3

Cooperation, Roosevelt worked with Stalin.

Question 4

Name three outcomes of the Yalta conference

Answer 4

• Yalta declaration: all nazi occupied countries could have democratic elections without interference.
• Divided Germany and Berlin into 4 zones.
• They couldn’t agree on what democracy meant, Stalin thought communism was democracy.

Question 5

Was there mainly cooperation or tension at Yalta conference.

Answer 5

Mainly tension, the Yalta declaration and other things wouldn’t work without agreement on democracy.

Question 6

Name four outcomes of the Potsdam conference

Answer 6

• Agreed that the soviets would be given 1/4 of industrial equipment from the west, as they didn’t get a rich zone of Germany. In return they would give the west natural resources.
• Truman had a “get tough policy”
• The red army (3 million) had occupied Europe; threat.
• Stalin will not follow the Yalta declaration.

Question 7

How did Potsdam (1945) develop the Cold War?

Answer 7

• USA tested the A bomb, developed the arms race, which would increase the chance of war, and tension increased.
• Truman’s get tough policy, developed the Cold War, as it increased tension between the supepower leaders, and made it unlikely they would work together.
• Red army in Europe also increases struggle in military power, developing arms race, making the countries view each other as rivals.