unit 4 Flashcards
(13 cards)
WHY DID THE US-SOVIET ALLIANCE BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN IN 1945
- ideological differences ; USA was capatalist, USSR was communist
-Yalta conference 1945
-Potsdam conference
-soviet expansion into eastern europe
what was the yalta conference
At Yalta, roosevelt, churchill, and stalin, agreed to divide germany into four sectors, to give free elections in eastern europe, and to form the united nations
and poland was to be in the soviets “sphere of influence” , but it was very vague
what happened between yalta and potsdam
roosevelt died, and was replaced by truman, who was anti communist
what happened at the potsdam conference
they disagreed about poland
what was the percentages agreement
In OCTOBER 1944, churchill and stalin met up, and agreed on how much of an influence allies would get in the soviet sphere of influnce
what was the cominform
the cominform was for stalin to put communist parties into eastern european governments, and each leader of the parties would regularly meet up with stalin
name the percentages in the percentage agreement
USSR:ALLIES
90:10 ROMANIA
10:90 GREECE
50:50 YUGOSLAVIA
50:50 HUNGARY
what was the iron curtain speech
the iron curtain speech 1946 was churchill warning that a soviet “iron curtain” had fallen across europe, dividing the free west from the communist east. he argued that ussr was expanding its influence in eastern europe
what was the anglo-polish agreement
it was a garruntee that if germany invaded poland, the british would help defend polans
what was the marshall plan
it was a plan to send 13million dollars to europe by USA
it was also called the european recovary plan
they gave europe food, fuel and money
they made the plan to isolate USSR, and make a market for american goods in europe
what was the berlin blockadw
the berlin blockade was an attempt in 1948, by the USSR, to limit the ability of the US, UK and FRANCE to go to their sectors in berlin, which was surrounded by the russian sector of germany
how did the berlin blockade work
USSR cut the electricity, railroads, any way in or out
how did US,UK and FRANCE overcome the berlin blockade
they airdropped materials into berlin
