cold war Flashcards
(28 cards)
long term causes of cold war - russian revolution
- revolution 1917
- allied support for whites in civil war
- stalins purges
features of communism
- state controlled market
- stalin/lenin
- control over press
- propaganda
- religion supressed
features of capitalism
- businesses in competition with one another
- free speech
- free religion
- open market
what was the nazi soviet pact
Germany and Russia signed a non-agression pact
what happened at the munich conference
Germany, UK and France met to determine the fate of Czechoslovakia
relations between West and USSR based on munich conference
Stalin felt left out of this decision - increase in paranoia
when was the munich conference
1938
when was the Russian revolution
1917
when was the Russian civil war
1917 - 1923
when were stalins purges
1930s
when was the Atlantic charter
1941
when was operation barbarossa
1941
when was D-day
1944
Western and USSR relations after Atlantic charter
not strong as soviet union had different aims for Eastern European countries than western
when was the percentages agreement
1944
what was the Atlantic charter
Roosevelt and Churchill setting out their vision for the world after WW2
when was the Tehran conference
1943
what did operation barbarossa go against
the nazi soviet pact
who was the Tehran conference
FDR, Churchill and Stalin
relations between the west and USSR after operation barbarossa
they were both fighting against a common enemy now
how much of the worlds manufacturing did USA produce
50 percent
why did a cold war break out? possible answers
- role of individuals/personalities
- soviet expansionism or US economic imperialism
-conflicting ideologies
-misjudgement/misunderstandings - nuclear weapons
why did Stalin want poland
he had been invaded through it 3x in 30 years and wanted it as part of his sphere if influence
why did Britian want Poland
they originally went to war over the nazi invasion of it and did not want to finish the war with it under a different dictatorship
