U9 L1 Origins Of The Cold War Flashcards
What are the two events and dates that could mark the end of the Cold War?
1991- breakup of Soviet Union
1989- Communism fall in Eastern Euro/ Berlin wall dismantled
What were the most powerful nations/ superpowers at the end of WWII and during the Cold War?
- US
- Soviet Union
Did the US expect a period of friendly relations with the Soviet Union at the end of WWII?
yes
Who was the Soviet dictator?
Joseph Stalin
In the provision agreed at Yalta, which zone of Germany did the Soviet Union control?
east
The decision to have the Soviet Union control east Germany was made to shift Poland’s boundaries ()
westward
The Allied leaders agreed that the Eastern Euro nations that the Soviets freed from Nazi Germany would be what?
free and democratic
Stalin quickly secured Soviet influence in Eastern Euro by installing Communist governments in which countries? (became satellites)
- Poland
- East Germany
- Czechoslovakia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Bulgaria
What are satellites?
nations politically and economically controlled by another country
Yugoslavia and Albania became Communist nations, but Yugoslavia () and Albania ()
- remained largely independent from SU
- later cut ties with SU
Winston Churchill spoke of an iron curtain that separated Europe between what?
capitalist West and Communist East
A Communist takeover in which country had President Truman to act?
Greece
What was the Doctrine Truman formed? What did it become a basis for?
- Truman doctrine
- US policy of containment
What was the US policy of containment?
commitment of US to limit Communism to places under Communist control
In military and economic assistance, how much did US send to Greece and Turkey?
400 million
