Topic 1

Question 1

The Grand Alliance

Answer 1

USA: Franklin D. Roosevelt
USSR: Joseph Stalin
UK: Winston Churchill

Question 2

Cold War Included…

Answer 2

Spying
Propaganda
Nuclear Weapons

Question 3

Status of relations between USA and USSR during WWII

Answer 3

Poor, little trust

Question 4

Communism

Answer 4

Single-party rule
Classless society
Property owned by state
Rights of workers more important than individual rights

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

Free elections
Some people have more power than other
Private ownership
Individual freedoms

Question 6

Reasons for deteriorating relations in 1930’s

Answer 6

Britain and France let Germany take parts of Czechoslovakia, and Stalin felt betrayed

Question 7

Reasons for deteriorating relations in 1939

Answer 7

Both Stalin and Hitler wanted Poland - both signed the Nazi-Soviet pact, agreeing to split Poland. Britain and France felt betrayed

Question 8

1941

Answer 8

Hitler invaded Soviet Union, causing the Soviet Union to become closer allies with Britain and France

Question 9

Atomic bomb (August 1945) consequences

Answer 9

News of the development was kept a secret from USSR. Stalin was worried this was done because America might use it on them.

Question 10

Tehran, November 1943

Answer 10

USA and Britain open a ‘second front’

Stalin would declare war against Japan + supply Soviet troops to help USA

Discussed what would happen to Germany, but nothing was agreed upon

Poland receives land from Germany but USSR keeps land from Poland - Stalin’s ultimate goal is to secure western border

Discussions about United Nations

Question 11

Yalta, February 1945

Answer 11

Talks of Germany would be split into 4 zones, controlled by USA, Britain, France and USSR

United Nations set up

Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan

East Europe + Poland governments would have free elections, but Stalin expected them to be pro-communist

Borders of Poland would go back to normal (giving Soviet Union gains)

ROOSEVELT and Stalin agreed to many things

Question 12

Potsdam, July-August 1945

Answer 12

Before Potsdam:
Roosevelt replaced by Truman
Churchill replaced by Attlee

During Potsdam:
Truman was more suspicious of Stalin

Germany and Berlin each divided into 4 zones

USSR wanted Germany to pay heavy reparations but Truman was concerned

Truman objected against the government agreement in East Europe and Poland - he wanted less communist influence

Question 13

Impact of Atomic Bombs

Answer 13

Americans expected it to scare USSR but no - it made USSR more aware by creating ‘buffer zones’. This dramatically increased Cold War tensions, leading to arms race.