Early Tension

Question 1

The Tehran Conference 1943

Answer 1

• USA and Britain agreed to do D-Day
• The USSR woukd declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated
• Poland would be given to the USSR
• The UN would be set up to handle future disputes

Question 2

The Yalta Conference 1945

Answer 2

• Germany would be reduced in size and split up into 4 zones
• European countries would have free elections
• The UN would be set up
• The USSR would fight Japan
• Poland woukd be the “soviet sphere of influence” but run on a broader democratic basis.

Question 3

The Potsdam Conference 1945

Answer 3

• Nazi banned and war criminals prosecuted
• Germany was split into 4 zones
• Berlin was also split up into 4 zones

Question 4

Why did the Grand Alliance end?

Answer 4

• The USA, drop the atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945.
• Roosevelt died in April 1945, and Truman, who replaced him, trusted Stalin much less.

Question 5

The Long Telegram 1946

Answer 5

A secret report from the US Ambassador, to President Truman that claimed that the Soviet Union saw capitalism as a threat to communism that had to be destroyed.

Question 6

The Novikov’s Telegram

Answer 6

A report from Novikov, Soviet ambassador to the USA, told Stalin that are USA wanted world domination, and was building up its military strength.

Question 7

How did the Stalin gain control of Eastern Europe?

Answer 7

• By Fixing elections and then shutting down opposition parties causing each country to become a single-party state.

Question 8

The Truman Doctrine 1947

Answer 8

• It assured that the USA was prepared to use both militaryand economic methods to prevent this from happening.

Question 9

The Marshall Plan

Answer 9

• $13 Billion
• Political Reason : ensured that countries did not need to depend on the Soviet Union for support.
• Economic Reason: Allowed US to have a larger trading market
• Moral Reason: europe was struggling after the war