The Origins of the Cold War c.1941 - 1948 Flashcards
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What were the three conferences held between 1943 and 1945 to discuss the future of the world after WW2?
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What was agreed at the Tehran Conference in 1943?
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What was agreed at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945?
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Who replaced FDR as President of the USA for the Potsdam Conference?
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What created tension at the Potsdam Conference in Jul-Aug 1945?
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When did the USA use the atomic bombs on Japan and what war ended as a result of their use?
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What two things did the USA’s use of the atomic bomb lead to the USSR doing?
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In what year did the USSR get its own atomic bomb?
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What did George Kennan’s Long Telegram say about the USSR in 1946?
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What did the USSR’s Novikov telegram say about the USA in reply?
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What Eastern European countries became Satellite States of the USSR up to 1948?
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Give examples of how different countries, especially Poland, came to be Satellite States
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What did Winston Churchill famously declare, in 1946, was happening in Europe
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How did the USA view the USSR’s creation of “Satellite States”?
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What was Stalin’s justification for Satellite States?
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What was the main message of the Truman Doctrine Speech in 1947?
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What was happening in Greece and Turkey that moved him to make the speech when he did?
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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
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What country had a Communist takeover in February 1948?
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Name three countries that received Marshall Aid and how much they received.
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What did the Marshall Plan do to the Grand Alliance and Stalin’s suspicion of the USA?
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What was the purpose of the USSR’s Cominform?
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What was the USSR’s alternative to the Marshall Plan, set up in 1949?
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