Why did USA & USSR alliance break down in 1945?

Question 1

What happened in the end of 1949?

Answer 1

Europe was dived in 2 blocs

Question 2

Who were the 2 blocs?

Answer 2

• ppl who support the USA
• ppl who support the Soviet Union

Question 3

What does NATO stand for?

Answer 3

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Question 4

What was the root of tension between the USA and the Soviet Union?

Answer 4

The ideological differences

Question 5

Ideology of USA (2)

Answer 5

• DEMOCRACY
• CAPITALISM

Question 6

Ideology of Soviet Union

Answer 6

COMMUNISM

Question 7

Explain the USA’s ideology (3)

Answer 7

• ppl free to hold any religious / political belief
• freedom of speech
• Americans laid out & protected by a written CONSTITUTION

Question 8

Explain the Soviet Union’s ideology (3)

Answer 8

• one-party rule
• NO political opposition allowed
• economy controlled by the STATE

Question 9

When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 9

1939

Question 10

little recap: When did the communists come to power?

Answer 10

Oct 1917

Question 11

little recap: what did the USA & Britain do shortly after the communists came to power in Russia?

Answer 11

they provided MILITARY FORCES to fight AGAINST communism

Question 12

little recap: What was the attack from the USA & Britain to the Communism called?

Answer 12

The Russian Civil War

Question 13

little recap: When was the Russian Civil War

Answer 13

1917 - 1922

Question 14

What were the agreements in the Nazi-Soviet Pact? (2)

Answer 14

1) NOT fight each other
2) Give half of Poland to the USSR after the Nazi invasion

Question 15

Who did the Nazi-Soviet Pact concern?

Answer 15

• Germany
• Russia
  (+ Poland)

Question 16

Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact a surprise?

Answer 16

yes
–> Hitler HATED the Communists
“Communists = enemy” midset

Question 17

What does Lend-Lease mean?

Answer 17

Sold military equipment
= vital supplies

Question 18

End 1944: what were the 2 things that were obvious?

Answer 18

• Allies were going to win
• the Soviet Union is going to be more important in world affaires than before

Question 19

Where did the Postdam Conference take place?

Answer 19

Germany