US Influence

Question 1

What happened in March 1947?

Answer 1

Truman Doctrine

Question 2

When was the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 2

March 1947

Question 3

What was the March 1947 Truman Doctrine?

Answer 3

President Truman asked for $400 million for military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey
Policy where the US would support nations who resisted attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure

Question 4

What was the impact of the March 1947 Truman doctrine?

Answer 4

Signalled American determination to act as as global leader

Question 5

What was the policy where the US would support nations who resisted attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure?

Answer 5

March 1947: Truman doctrine

Question 6

Who emerged form WW2 as superpowers?

Answer 6

US and USSR

Question 7

Why did America want Britain as an ally during the Cold War?

Answer 7

They have influence and could therefore resist Communist advances from all over the globe

Question 8

How did America support Britain in terms of post-war re-imposition over its colonies?

Answer 8

Turned a blind eye, particularly when this involved driving out communist insurgents
Indirectly financed through low interest rates

Question 9

What was the US prepared to do in the Balkans?

Answer 9

Step in when the British supporting the monarchists fighting against the communists couldn’t be sustained because of financial considerations

Question 10

What did the Americans do for African countries?

Answer 10

Prevented them becoming communist by making them prosperous through American loans, capitalist practices and world trade

Question 11

How did the British view their relationship with the US?

Answer 11

Equal partners

Question 12

What was their relationship presented as?

Answer 12

The special relationship

Question 13

When was the US Marshall Plan?

Answer 13

1948-52

Question 14

What happened between 1948-52?

Answer 14

US Marshall Plan

Question 15

What was the 1948-52 Marshall Plan?

Answer 15

Provided Britain with $3.3 billion worth of support

Question 16

What provided Britain with $3.3 billion of support from the US?

Answer 16

1948-52 Marshall Plan

Question 17

What was the impact of US influence in the 1956 Suez Crisis?

Answer 17

Forced Britain and France to end their invasion

Question 18

What caused Britain and France to end their invasion of Egypt in 1956?

Answer 18

US influence

Question 19

What was set up in 1949?

Answer 19

NATO

Question 20

When was NATO set up?

Answer 20

1949

Question 21

Who did the British rely on for defence?

Answer 21

NATO

American nuclear capacity

Question 22

What happened in 1958?

Answer 22

Anglo-American Mutual Defence Agreement

Question 23

When was the Anglo-American Mutual Defence Agreement?

Answer 23

1958

Question 24

What was the 1958 Anglo-American Mutual Defence Agreement?

Answer 24

American assistance for the development of a British nuclear arsenal

Question 25

What was the agreement where there would be American assistance for the development of a British nuclear arsenal?

Answer 25

1958 Anglo-American Mutual Defence Agreement

Question 26

What happened in April 1963?

Answer 26

Polaris Sales Agreement

Question 27

When was the Polaris Sales Agreement?

Answer 27

April 1963

Question 28

What was the event where President Kennedy and Macmillan signed the Polaris Sales Agreement, US agreed to supply Polaris ballistic missiles for use in the Royal Navy submarines?

Answer 28

April 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement

Question 29

What happened in the April 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement?

Answer 29

President Kennedy and Macmillan signed the Polaris Sales Agreement, US agreed to supply Polaris ballistic missiles for use in the Royal Navy submarines

Question 30

Who did white dominions increasingly turn to after 1945?

Answer 30

USA

Question 31

When was SEATO formed?

Answer 31

1954

Question 32

What was formed in 1954?

Answer 32

SEATO

Question 33

Who was in SEATO (Formed in 1954)?

Answer 33

``` Australia France New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Thailand Britain USA ```

Question 34

What was the impact of the formation of SEATO (Formed in 1954)?

Answer 34

Showed need for American led protective alliance

Question 35

What reduced the need for empire?

Answer 35

Formation of the EEC

Question 36

What was the impact of the formation of the EEC?

Answer 36

Reduced need for the empire

Question 37

What was signed in 1941?

Answer 37

Atlantic Charter

Question 38

When was the Atlantic Charter signed?

Answer 38

1941

Question 39

What were the principles of the 1941 Atlantic charters?

Answer 39

Freer trade No territorial acquisition Restoration of self government for those who wanted it

Question 40

Even though NATO was built on free trade and democracy, who did they include?

Answer 40

Empires and even the imperial dictatorship of Portugal

Question 41

Why did the US want decolonisation?

Answer 41

Essential in the Cold War through appeasing those who wanted independence

Question 42

What was Macmillan’s relationship like with the US?

Answer 42

Closer with the US compared to Eden or Churchill

Question 43

What happened in 1957?

Answer 43

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 44

When was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

Answer 44

1957

Question 45

What was the 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine?

Answer 45

US allocated $200 million a year for the Middle East

Question 46

What doctrine allowed the US to allocate $200 million a year for the Middle East?

Answer 46

1957: Eisenhower Doctrine