The Origins Of The Cold War 945-1960

Question 1

What are the communist ideologies

Answer 1

Usually one state party
Industry and agriculture owned by state. People encouraged to work for the common good.
Classless society with no profit-making.
The gov controlled most aspects of people’s lives.
Strong elections with restrictions on what could be said or written.

Question 2

What happened at the yalta conference?

Answer 2

Declaration on liberated Europe set up.
Germany to be split into 4 occupational zones each ran by an ally.
Reparations collected from each zone.
USSR gained huge amount of polish territory in return Poland promised areas of eastern Germany.
POWs sent back to USSR
USSR agreed to help fight the Japanese.

Question 3

What happened at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 3

Continue to take reparations
Each zone agreed on denazification policy.
Final arrangements on Poland’s borders made.
Occupational zones finally agreed.

Question 4

What were the effects of the dropping on the atom bomb on Japan?

Answer 4

78,000 people killed and 40,000 died from its effect by the end of the year. The devastation inflicted upon Japan was catastrophic and the entire city was destroyed. Bomb wiped out 70,000 of the 78,000 buildings. The city was annihilated with no resources. Japan surrendered 2nd world war over.

Question 5

What was the capitalist ideologies?

Answer 5

Free elections and more than one party.
Most industry and agriculture owned by private individuals
They employ workers and they keep he money.
Limits on gov interference in people’s lives.
Freedom of speech and movement