Truman FP

Question 1

When was the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 1

July-August 1945

Question 2

What did Truman say in December 1945?

Answer 2

‘I’m tired of babying the soviet’s’

Question 3

What was the Truman Doctrine? When?

Answer 3

Any country could ask for money and revive it, March 1947

Question 4

Why was the Truman Doctrine created?

Answer 4

Greece was threatening to turn to communism and he wanted to prevent all countries from following suit.

Question 5

What was Marshall Aid? When?

Answer 5

Europe recovery plan. Shipped food, fuel, machinery and, money. 1948-51

Question 6

How much was spent on Marshall Aid?

Answer 6

$17 billion

Question 7

How did the Marshall Plan benefit the US?

Answer 7

Promoted American exceptionalism and meant countries were in debt to them so had to be their allies.

Question 8

How much did the gross national product grow by in Marshall Aid countries?

Answer 8

25%

Question 9

How much of the world’s income did the US make?

Answer 9

42%

Question 10

When was Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 10

6th and 9th August 1945

Question 11

How many people died at Hiroshima?

Answer 11

Immediately 80,000. Tens of thousand more from radiation. 3450 Japanese soldiers, 70-146,000 civilians

Question 12

When did Truman recognise the state of Israel?

Answer 12

1948

Question 13

What was the main reason for Truman recognising the state of Israel?

Answer 13

1948 was an election year and he was campaigning for the Jewish vote.

Question 14

What happened in 1949?

Answer 14

Soviet Union had tested an atomic bomb which was very similar to the US’s. China fell to communism in October.

Question 15

How much had the US given China?

Answer 15

$2 million

Question 16

When did the Soviets declare war on South Korea?

Answer 16

June 1950

Question 17

How many North Korean troops originally invaded the South?

Answer 17

100,000

Question 18

What did the US call their involvement in the Korean War? When did this start?

Answer 18

UN police action July 1950

Question 19

Who ran the US defence for the Korean War?

Answer 19

McArthur

Question 20

When and why did China enter the Korean war?

Answer 20

October 1950 because the US had attempted rollback once they got back to the 38° parallel

Question 21

When did the Korean War stabilise and end?

Answer 21

April 1951, Armistice proposed June 1951, ended July 1953

Question 22

How many soldiers were dead or injured in the Korean War?

Answer 22

138,000

Question 23

How much of the economy did the US spend on the Korean War?

Answer 23

14%

Question 24

When did Stalin begin the Berlin blockade? What was his excuse?

Answer 24

25th March 1948, technical difficulties

Question 25

How many flights and tonnes were ordered for the Berlin blockade and over how many days?

Answer 25

275,000 flights, 1.5 million tonnes, 324 days

Question 26

When did Stalin lift the blockade?

Answer 26

12th May 1949

Question 27

Who was the American soldier that dropped candy?

Answer 27

Gail S. Halvorson

Question 28

How many plane crews has dropped how many tons of chocolate?

Answer 28

25 plane crews, 23 tonnes

Question 29

What led to the creation of NATO? When was it created?

Answer 29

The Berlin Blockade and Marshall Aid April 1949

Question 30

What did NATO do?

Answer 30

Provided the military alliance to counter Soviet expansion and deployed B-29 bombers across Europe

Question 31

How did the Berlin blockade help the unemployed people?

Answer 31

They were given jobs flying planes and helping at airports.

Question 32

How did the Berlin blockade help the US show off?

Answer 32

They sent more supplies than necessary and showed off new state of the art planes.

Question 33

What was the main controversy at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 33

Truman didn't alert Stalin about the atomic bomb which went off 4 days later.

Question 34

When was the Iron Curtain speech? Who made it?

Answer 34

March 1946 by Churchill

Question 35

How much of the French costs of their involvement in Indo-China did the US cover? Why was this?

Answer 35

78% he believed Ho Chi Minh was a puppet of Stalin.

Question 36

What was the structure of Korea after the war?

Answer 36

The North was occupied by the Soviet's and the South was occupied by the US and the country was divided by the 38° parallel which was a peaceful section.