40s

Question 1

Yalta 1945

Answer 1

Germany and Berlin divided into 4 zones
Stalin offered sphere of influence over E Europe
Stalin promised to join war against Japan
Agreed to set up United Nations

Question 2

Potsdam 1945

Answer 2

Instated the Yalta agreements

Question 3

Long Telegram 1946

Answer 3

Stated the USSR was heavily armed and wanted to expand communism across the entire world, therefore there could be no peaceful co-existence, but USA was stronger so could ‘contain’

Question 4

Novikov Telegram

Answer 4

Response to Long, stated US were economically strong and wanted world domination, stated it needed E Europe as a buffer zone. Set scene for the cold war, USSR would attempt to dominate E Europe and US would commit to the policy of ‘containment’

Question 5

Iron Curtain Speech 1946

Answer 5

“an iron curtain has descended across the continent”, the allied force had spent 6 years fighting fascism, only to have half the continent now under soviet dictatorship

Question 6

The Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

Declared USA would provide aid for any country under the threat of communism. Now US was committed to a policy of containment

Question 7

The Marshall Plan

Answer 7

Over $12 billion sent to countries in Europe after the war, so that it was less likely for communism to spread. Had to have free elections and trade

Question 8

Cominform

Answer 8

Tighten soviet control over E Europe, to create a trade network and was able to keep all communist governments under tight control

Question 9

Comecon

Answer 9

Financial aid to soviet controlled countries

Question 10

Berlin blockade + airlift

Answer 10

Blockade as West Berlin was taking aid from Marshall Plan
There was a plane every minute
Cost USA $350 million