The Space Race Flashcards
What was the completion between USA and Russia
- was to gain status in the eyes of the world
What happened on 1946 at Potsdam
the allied forces made the decisions regarding Germany
What are those decision
- Germany would be divided into four zones Britain, France, the USA and Russia would each get a piece
- An Allied governing body would administrate the zones
- Germany would be demilitarised
what is demilitarised
to do away with military and weapons
Why was the elections held
- so that a democratic government could be elected
- Stalin did not agree with this
what did the USA, Britain and France’s together form
-western germany
What did russian territory form
-Eastern Germany
What was western germany
- it was democratic
What was eastern germany
- was a communistic one party country
- Berlin was divided in the same way
who helped who with loans
-west helped the eastern
What effect did this have
-on the quality of life in this part was much higher than in Eastern Germany
what did a lot of people do
-professionals left Eastern Germany to move to Western Germany in search of better lives
What did russia do
-built a wall around Eastern Berlin(1961) to stop people from escaping to the West
What was a symbol of the Cold War
-shame wall
who declared that the cold war was over
-President Gorbachev of Russia and President George Bush of the USA