USSR repsonse to contaiment

Question 1

What was the wartime legacy of the Soviet war effort?

Answer 1

Responding to US actions, 20 million people killed, 42-43 survival more certain for US and UK

Question 2

What was the significance of the Potsdam division in 1945-46?

Answer 2

Realist approach to division, no agreement reached in London and Moscow

Question 3

What did the Novikov telegram convey about US intentions?

Answer 3

Aims of world domination, US needs to be contained, key is east of Europe

Question 4

What were the three policies of the Soviet response to containment?

Answer 4

• Stay afloat
• Response to US
• Get bomb

Question 5

What challenges did the Soviet Union face after World War II?

Answer 5

Devastated economy, decimated labor force and generation, lack of consumer goods

Question 6

Who took a combative position to show force in the Soviet response?

Answer 6

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov

Question 7

What was the Gromyko plan?

Answer 7

Proposal for all nuclear nations to disarm, only US had atomic bombs

Question 8

What was the Molotov Plan?

Answer 8

Failed attempt to deliver aid to eastern European allies

Question 9

What was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 9

Soviet response leading to an airlift

Question 10

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 10

Military alliance of Soviet-aligned countries

Question 11

When did the Soviet Union first test an atomic bomb?

Answer 11

1949

Question 12

What was the national problem 1 for the Soviet Union?

Answer 12

Get bomb

Question 13

True or False: The Soviet Union had a surplus of consumer goods after World War II.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Fill in the blank: The _______ telegram was similar to the long telegram and outlined US containment needs.

Answer 14

Novikov

Question 15

What was the impact of the ideological divide in the Soviet Union’s post-war policies?

Answer 15

No economic reform, continued 5 year plans