The Ideological Differences Flashcards
Who replaced Roosevelt
Truman
Which country was Roosevelt and Truman from
USA
How was Truman different to Roosevelt?
Less sympathetic towards the communist dictatorship in the USSR.
Hardline.
Why did Stalin dislike Truman
Truman demanded lots at the Potsdam Conference.
Truman successfully tested the atomic bomb without consulting him.
When was the atom bomb developed?
1949
What where the impacts of the atom bomb (1949)?
- The USA had a usable atomic bomb by the end of the war. It dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945.
- The USSR developed its own in 1949
- Arms race = increased suspicion between USA and USSR
When was the Long Telegram?
1946
What was the impact of the Long telelgram?
- It said that the USSR was a threat to capitalism and that the USSR had to be destroyed
- It suggested that the USSR were building up their naval, military and nuclear power (partly right, the soviets developed the atom bomb in 1949)
- Most importantly it said that peace between the USA and USSR was impossible
What was said in the Novikov telegram?
- USA aimed to be the greatest power in the world
- USA preparing for war
- USSR where the only nation that could stop the USA from becoming the dominant military and economic power in the world.
Who wrote the Long telegram?
US Ambassador to the USSR, George Kennan
Who wrote the Novikov telegram?
USSR Ambassador to the USA, Nikolai Novikov
How did Stalin break agreement made at the Yalta Conference?
It was agreed that Poland would be run under a democratic model. However, Stalin broke this promise, turning it into a satellite state (controlled by the Soviet Union).
Why did Stalin want the satellite states?
As a buffer against invasion
How did the UK and USA view Stalin’s breaking of the Yalta agreement?
As an example of how the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism.
A threat to the West.
Where did USSR have satellite states by 1950?
East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland
