The Origins of the Cold War c.1941 - 1948

Question 1

What were the three conferences held between 1943 and 1945 to discuss the future of the world after WW2?

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Question 2

What was agreed at the Tehran Conference in 1943?

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Question 3

What was agreed at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945?

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Question 4

Who replaced FDR as President of the USA for the Potsdam Conference?

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Question 5

What created tension at the Potsdam Conference in Jul-Aug 1945?

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Question 6

When did the USA use the atomic bombs on Japan and what war ended as a result of their use?

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Question 7

What two things did the USA’s use of the atomic bomb lead to the USSR doing?

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Question 8

In what year did the USSR get its own atomic bomb?

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Question 9

What did George Kennan’s Long Telegram say about the USSR in 1946?

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Question 10

What did the USSR’s Novikov telegram say about the USA in reply?

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Question 11

What Eastern European countries became Satellite States of the USSR up to 1948?

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Question 12

Give examples of how different countries, especially Poland, came to be Satellite States

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Question 13

What did Winston Churchill famously declare, in 1946, was happening in Europe

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Question 14

How did the USA view the USSR’s creation of “Satellite States”?

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Question 15

What was Stalin’s justification for Satellite States?

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Question 16

What was the main message of the Truman Doctrine Speech in 1947?

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Question 17

What was happening in Greece and Turkey that moved him to make the speech when he did?

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Question 18

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

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Question 19

What country had a Communist takeover in February 1948?

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Question 20

Name three countries that received Marshall Aid and how much they received.

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Question 21

What did the Marshall Plan do to the Grand Alliance and Stalin’s suspicion of the USA?

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Question 22

What was the purpose of the USSR’s Cominform?

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Question 23

What was the USSR’s alternative to the Marshall Plan, set up in 1949?

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