Ideologies
What is the name of an economic system where trade and industry are privately owned.
Capitalism
The main agreement at the Tehran Conference
To open a second front against Germany in Western Europe.
What month in 1945 does Truman become President (after Roosevelt's death)
April
What did Churchill mean by the 'iron curtain'
The division between western and eastern Europe
The Name of the Policy that saw the USA support countries threatened by communism (clue changes American foreign policy)
Truman Doctrine
What is a system where property and businesses are owned collectively
Communism
Two decisions made at the Yalta Conference.
Divide up Germany
Free Elections in all of Liberated Europe
USSR to enter war with Japan
What was Stalin’s view of the capitalist West.
He believed it wanted to destroy communism.
Two countries that became Soviet-controlled post-war.
Bulgaria - Romania - Poland - Hungary - Czechoslovakia -East Germany
US plan to give aid to rebuild Europe.
Marshall Plan
What is one major difference between communism and capitalism
State owned (no private property) - private ownership.
One party rule - multi party
What changed between Yalta and Potsdam?
Roosevelt died; Truman took over; USSR occupied more land.
Why did Truman distrust Stalin?
Stalin broke promises from Yalta and expanded Soviet power.
What was a 'buffer zone'
An area that gives some protection from attack - an early warning system - so in this case if the Western Armies enter the buffer zone Stalin would have a chance to prepare for an invasion of Russia
Why did Stalin reject Marshall Aid.
He felt it would give the USA influence in the satellite states (dollar imperialism)
Why did the USA and USSR distrust each other after WWII?
They had opposite ideologies
They had different post war aims
Name the ‘Big Three’ at Yalta.
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin.
How was Roosevelt different to Truman in relation to dealings with Stalin
He was more willing to co-operate with Stalin and there was a mutual respect between them (he saw the realities of having to do this as the USSR was a superpower) - Truman would not co-operate he wanted Stalin to keep all his promises
Why did Stalin's takeover of Eastern Europe worsen the Cold War
The West saw him as expansionist
What was the Soviet alternative to Marshall Aid
Comecon
How did ideological conflict contribute to the Cold War?
It created deep mistrust and rivalry between the superpowers.
It made cooperation very difficult
Why was the Potsdam Conference more tense than Yalta?
Truman was anti-communist; USSR had broken Yalta promises.
How did Truman and Stalin's attitudes start the Cold War?
Truman was black and white - he could not accept Stalin did not keep his promises
Stalin was silent - difficult for America to see the true meaning behind his decisions which created mistrust - his actions were seen as expansionism
A process where communist parties in Eastern Europe used divide and conquer strategy (including deaths and assassination of key opposition politicians) to ensure a communist takeover of the country - in spite of the elections - Clue begins with S
Salami tactics
Where did the leaders of the Satellite State countries have to report in regular meetings of the Cominform
Moscow (means effectively Stalin - and later Khrushchev controlled those countries)