Yalta Conference Flashcards
What did the USA and USSR emerge from WWII as?
Superpowers
What is a superpower?
A country dominant in international relations, able to influence events
What foreign policy did the USA follow in the 1920s and 1930s?
Isolationism
What is isolationism?
A policy of not interfering in world affairs; isolating yourself from everyone else
Who was FDR?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States
Complete the quote from a 1945 speech FDR gave to Congress: America “will have to take responsibility for __________ _____________ or we shall have to bear the responsibilities for another __________ _______”
World collaboration, world conflict
When was the Yalta Conference held?
February 1945
What was agreed about Japan at Yalta?
That the USSR would fight Japan once Germany was defeated
What was agreed about German territory at Yalta?
Germany would be divided into four between USA, USSR, Britain, France. The same would be done to Berlin.
What was agreed about war criminals at Yalta?
The Big Three would hunt down war criminals and punish them
Who were the Big Three?
Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
What did the Big Three agree to establish and join?
A United Nations Organisation (UNO) which would aim to keep peace
Why was the establishment of the UN significant?
It showed the Big Three wanted to continue working together after the war
What was agreed about eastern Europe at the Yalta conference?
That it would be a Soviet ‘sphere of influence’
What is meant by ‘sphere of influence’?
A geographic area where a country has political and economic influence