the origins of the cold war

Question 1

when was the tehran confrence

Answer 1

1943

Question 2

what was agreed at terhan

Answer 2

opening a second front, SU would get some of poland, an international body should be set up

Question 3

when was the yalta conference

Answer 3

1945

Question 4

what was agreed at yalta

Answer 4

SU would declare war on japan, euorpe would have democratic elections, germany would be spilt and demilitarized

Question 5

when was the potsdam conference

Answer 5

1945

Question 6

what was agreed at potsdam

Answer 6

division of germany and berlin, banned nazis, council of foreign ministers

Question 7

why did tensions increase after ww2

Answer 7

ideological differences, stalin broke agreement about poland, truman lied about atomic bomb

Question 8

what did the long telegram say

Answer 8

SU wanted to destroy capitalism and were building military power

Question 9

what did the novikov telegram say

Answer 9

USA wanted world domination and was preparing for war

Question 10

what did stalin do between 1947-1949

Answer 10

spread his sphere of influence to satilite states

Question 11

what did the world think about satilite states

Answer 11

betrayal, evidence of expansion

Question 12

the truman doctrine

Answer 12

1947- policy of containment

Question 13

marshall plan

Answer 13

1947- 13billion in aid to eurpoe

Question 14

comiform

Answer 14

1947- organsied satilite states

Question 15

comecom

Answer 15

1949-encoraged trade between satilite states

Question 16

when did the soviet union get an atomic bomb

Answer 16

1949

Question 17

when were hydrogen bombs developed

Answer 17

1952, 1953

Question 18

berlin blockade

Answer 18

june 1948- blocked all supplies getting into west berlin

Question 19

berlin airlift

Answer 19

1948-49, 2.3 million tonnes of supplies flown in

Question 20

what led to the berlin crisis

Answer 20

trizonia, new currency

Question 21

consequeces of berlin crisis

Answer 21

USA looked peaceful, west and east germany formed, nato

Question 22

NATO

Answer 22

1949- collective saftey

Question 23

Warsaw pact

Answer 23

1955- counter to nato

Question 24

hungarian revolt

Answer 24

oct 1956- attack police and statues because of food shortages and destalinisation

Question 25

nagy’s reforms

Answer 25

nov 1956- leaves warsaw pact, wants free elections

Question 26

soviet invasion of hungary

Answer 26

nov 1956- sends warsaw pact troops, 5000 hungarians killed and nagy arrested

Question 27

consequences of the hungarian uprising

Answer 27

boycotted olympics, usa didnt help, soviets had tighter control