Section 2.1 Causes Ofcold War

Question 1

What was agreed at the Yalta Conference

Answer 1

Germany would be divided into 4 zones, USSR, Usa. Brit Fran

Question 2

Why did Churchill become worried after the Yalta Conference?

Answer 2

Stalin’s intentions in Eastern Europe seemed untrustworthy; Churchill feared Soviet expansion feb 1945

Question 3

What were the main disagreements at the Potsdam Conference

Answer 3

USSR wanted control over Eastern Europe; USA and UK disagreed. Truman was angry that Stalin had taken over Eastern Europe.
July 1945

Question 4

What was the Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

A U.S. policy to support countries resisting communism using political, military, and economic aid. 1947 containment

Question 5

What was the Marshall Plan?

Answer 5

A U.S. initiative to provide aid to rebuild European economies and resist communism. USSR saw it as capitalist interference, 17 billion
1948

Question 6

What was Cominform

Answer 6

A Soviet organisation to control communist parties across Europe and coordinate actions. 1947

Question 7

What was the purpose of NATO

Answer 7

A military alliance formed to protect Western nations against the threat of Soviet aggression.
April 1949

Question 8

What happened in the Berlin Blockade

Answer 8

Stalin blocked all road and rail access to West Berlin. The Allies responded with the Berlin Airlift.
1948-49

Question 9

. What was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 9

The USA and UK flew supplies into West Berlin for 10 months. Stalin ended the blockade in May 1949.

Question 10

What did the Iron Curtain speech warn about?

Answer 10

Soviet control in Eastern Europe and the divide between the East and West
1946

Question 11

What happened in Czechoslovakia in

Answer 11

Communists took full control of the government, shocking the West and increasing tensions.1948

Question 12

Warsaw pact

Answer 12

Soviets and other Eastern European nations created alliance defending each other 1955