Consequences

Question 1

yalta conference

Answer 1

1. wartime alliance preserved by Roosevelt recognizing Stalins need for security
2. roosevelt accused of causing the cold war by letting Stalin occupy eastern government
3. communist government took power in poland
4. stalin kept promise not to intervene to support communists in greece.

Question 2

potsdam conference

Answer 2

1. truman decided he was tired of babying the soviets as stalin could not be trusted
2. trumans hostility and the ‘hammer’ increased stalins insecuity and tensions

Question 3

long telegram

Answer 3

led to truman and the US abandoning hope in co-existence and adopting containment

Question 4

churchills iron curtain speech

Answer 4

1. demonstrated end of wartime alliance and the new rivalry between the East and wesr
2. helped persuade the USA to confront the soviet threat and not revert to isolation

Question 5

novkiov telegram

Answer 5

increased soviet insecurity and determination to stand up to USA in a new conflict

Question 6

truman doctrine

Answer 6

1. established US policy of containment and halted the spread of communism in Europe
2. committed US to protect Europe and showed the US would not be isolationist
3. marked the effective start of the Cold War and led to Berlin airlift and korean war

Question 7

Marshall plan

Answer 7

1. led to establishment of Cominform and division of Europe
2. strengthened US ties with and influence over Europe and increased US trade.
3. stalin saw it as a threat, and insisted E Europe reject aid despite them wanting to accept it.

Question 8

cominform

Answer 8

1. increased soviet control over its satellite sttes and removed any opposition
2. demonstrated division of europe into 2 rival camps

Question 9

communist coup in Czechoslovakia

Answer 9

1. led to congress approving Marshall plan
2. Overthrow of last democracy in Eastern europe: officially all satellite states.

Question 10

berlin blockade

Answer 10

1. airlift was a massive propaganda victory for the USA
2. forced Stalin to abandon the blockade in May 1949
3. proved US containment to stand up to Stalin in Europe
4. led to the establishment of NATO

Question 11

Establishment of NATO

Answer 11

1. Formed commitment to keep USA in and the USSR out
2. final division of Europe into 2 rival camps and start of cold war

Question 12

arms race

Answer 12

• USSR developing the atom bomb triggered a nuclear arms race
• prevented US using the bomb in korea
• ensured MAD
• led to risk of accidents and brinksmanship

Question 13

korean war- cold war

Answer 13

• N korea remained communist
• 33,000 Americans killed
• china emerged as a superpower
• USA contained spread of communism
• USA invested more money into its army

Question 14

korean war- korea

Answer 14

• 2 millions killed and 4 million wounded
• korea remained divided and N korea remains a threat to world peace

Question 15

Hungarian revolution

Answer 15

-35,000 arrested and 300 executed
- 250,000 hungarians fled to austria
- loss of support for communism
- strengthening soviet block
- set back for dissidents in Eastern europe.

Question 16

U2 crisis

Answer 16

-Paris conference collapsed ending the thaw
- decline in relations led to Khrushchev rescinding his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the USSR
- khrushchev took a more aggressive stance to the US

Question 17

Berlin wall

Answer 17

• 5000 escapes to W Berlin
• 136 people killed trying to escape
• division of berline
• decreased tension over berlin
• propoganda victory for the west

Question 18

13 days

Answer 18

1. survival of communism in china
2. removal of nuclear missiles fromr cuba and turkey
3. Nuclear test ban treaty
4. establishment of hotline
5. removal of khurshchev

Question 19

prague spring

Answer 19

1. end of prague spring
2. survival of soviet bloc
3. brezhnev doctrine
4. loss of support for communism