The Confrences+ Iron Curtain Speech

Question 1

What was the significance of the conferences (the term Iron Curtain was used by Winston Churchill to desrcribe the poltical and Military barrier created the Soviet Union) -

Answer 1

The confrences helped to shape the post war international order and the creation of opposing aliances

Question 2

What does the term Iron Curtain mean

Answer 2

It was a term used by Winston Churchill to desrcribe the poltical and Military barrier created the Soviet Union

Question 3

What Did the Iron Curtian do to Europe and in what periods did it do so

Answer 3

The iron curtain divided Europe into two areas from the End of WW2 to the end of the cold war, the nations on the capatlists side of the iron curtains joined NATO, while the nations on the communist side joined the Warsaw Pact.

Question 4

What is Capatlism

Answer 4

Capitalism is an economic and political system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

Question 5

What is NATO

Answer 5

a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe formed in 1949

Question 6

What is communism

Answer 6

Communism is a type of government and an economy that attempts to share wealth

Question 7

What is the Wasaw Pact

Answer 7

a military alliance of communist countries which was Stalins version of NATO

Question 8

What was the signficance of the 3 Confrences for the Big 3

Answer 8

The conferences showed how the big 3 worked together in order to come into agreement over many of the decisions after the war

Question 9

Why did tensions start to rise after WW2 die to a lack of a common enemy

Answer 9

The US and USSR had a common enemy in Nazi Germany during the war meaning they put their differences aside and fought together

Question 10

What happened after Nazi Germany was defeated

Answer 10

The USA feared soviet Exapansion into Western Europe and the rest of the World

Question 11

What was the red army

Answer 11

Formed in 1918, the Red Army was the primary military force of the Soviet Union

Question 12

What did the USSR install into the countries of Eastern Europe

Answer 12

The USSR installed left wing goverments into countries of Eastern Europe that were set free by the red army (USSR military)

Question 13

What is the Marshall Plan and who offered the aid

Answer 13

the US offered aid to western European countriesto rebuild after WW2.

Question 14

What is COMECON and who offered the aid

Answer 14

. The USSR also introduced COMECON as an Eastern Equilvent to the Marshall Plan

. Comecon was an economic agreement amongst communist nations loyal to the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Question 15

Why did Stalin create a buffer zone

Answer 15

Stalin wanted a buffer zone of friendly Communist countries to protect the USSR from further attack in the future.

Question 16

When was the Tehran conference

Answer 16

28 November 1943

Question 17

When was the Yalta Confrence

Answer 17

4–11 February 1945

Question 18

When was the Postdam Confrence

Answer 18

17 July 1945

Question 19

Who was at Tehran conference

Answer 19

U.S. President Roosevelt

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Soviet Joseph Stalin

Question 20

Where was Yalta

Answer 20

In the Crimea regin of USSR

Question 21

What was the aim of Yalta

Answer 21

The aim of the meeting was to agree ona post war settlement and decide what to do with Germany once it had been defeated

Question 22

What was an outcome of Yalta

(Germany)

Answer 22

Germany would be divided into 4 zones of occupation with USSR, Britain,France and USA each controlling a zone.

Question 23

What was an outcome of Yalta

(France)

Answer 23

France was liberated (freed) at nazi Germany and included at the conference due to pressure from the french leader.

Question 24

What was an outcome of Yalta

(Nazi Germany )

Answer 24

All countries freed from Nazi german were to be guaranteed the right to hold free democratic elections.

Question 25

What was an outcome of Yalta

(Stalin and Japan)

Answer 25

Stalin committed to join the war against Japan once Germany had been defeated.

This was important to the Americans who were suffering heavy losses in the pacific although they were pushing back on the Japanese

Question 26

What did all leaders in Yalta agree to

Answer 26

All leaders agreed to pursue and put on trial all Nazi war criminals.

Question 27

What did the allies agree to in Yalta

Answer 27

The allies agreed to the setting up of the United Nations organisation decidated to international cooperation and the prevention of war.

Question 28

When did the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen

Answer 28

1945

Question 29

Wht was Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the first of

Answer 29

First use of Atomic bomb in War.

Question 30

What did the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki contribute to

Answer 30

It contributed to the end of world war2 with japan surrendering to the allies after 6 days of bombing Nagasaki

Question 31

What did the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrate

Answer 31

the devastating power of nuclear weapons and the destruction they can cause

Question 32

What happened ti survivers of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 32

Many survivors later succumbed to radiation poisoning and the effects are still beung felt today. The survivors faced increased risks of cancer and chronic diseases.

Question 33

What did the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki show about the US and cause the USSR

And what did it later cause the start of

Answer 33

Showed how the USA werent afraid to use force to win battles

Caused the USSR to start developing a better bomb than the US

Starting the arms race

It also made the two more reluctant to go to war due to MAD

Question 34

What is MAD cold war

Answer 34

The threat of Mutual Assured Destruction

It meant that both superpowers had enough nuclear weapons to destroy one another

If one attacked first they would also be destroyed

Question 35

When was the long telegram

Answer 35

1946

Question 36

Who was George Kennan

(Long telegram)

Answer 36

an official at the US embassy in Moscow

Who provided a summary of what the soviets were up to and their intentions in Eastern Europe.

His response was what became knownas the long telegram it was 8,000 words.