1.4 Long Telegram and Iron Curtain Speech Flashcards
1
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When was the Long Telegram released?
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22nd February 1946
2
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Overview of what the USA wanted in the telegram
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- How Soviets saw post WW2 World
- Why
- What they’d do officially and unofficially
- What the USA’s plan should be
3
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Predictions Kennan made correctly
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- Soviets international policy to increase strength and prestige
- Attempts to weaken Western powers
- Develop relations with countries hating the West
- Weakening of power and influence by Western nations
4
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Why was the Long Telegram so significant?
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- Outlines beliefs which were to be the basis of American Policy
- US couldn’t further work with the USSR
- Predicted the USSR would collapse
5
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What was containment?
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US policy of preventing the spread of communism
6
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When was the Iron Curtain speech given?
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6 March 1946
7
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What is meant bu the term ‘iron curtain’?
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A divide of Western and Eastern Europe suggesting the division Stalin has created
8
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Who was George Kennan?
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- Hated communism and Soviet Gov
- Lived in Moscow for 13 years
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