Origins of the Cold War

Russian Revolution

100

Who was the author of the Communist Manifesto 

Karl Marx 

200

This communist leader felt that a revolution by the masses alone could not "rise above petty trade unionism". Rather leadership was the key factor in enabling a communist revolution.

Lenin 

300

These two policies enacted by Josheph Stalin in the 1930s created a state where citizens lived in constant fear and they allowed the Soviet Union to become an industrialized state. 

The Great Terror 

The Five Year Plans 

400

What was the style of state sponsored art that reflected a utopian vision for the USSR and also served as propaganda?

Socialist Realism 

500

This temporary governing body took control over Russia after the Tsar had been deposed. This governing body took considerable heat from the communists like Lenin. 

Provisional Government 

World War 1

100

What was the name of the country home to Archduke Franz Ferdinand? 

Austria-Hungary 

200

What was the primary methodology of fighting used during WW1?

Trench Warfare 

300

What did the Tsar do during WW1 that made the situation worse for Russia? 

Traveled to command his armies at the front

400

What was the treaty called that ended WW1? And who did it place the majority of the blame on for starting the war? 

Treaty of Versailles

Germany  

500

Who was the last European nation to involve itself in the war? Why did they declare war?

Great Britian

Germany violated Belgium's neutrality 

World War 2

100

Who was the American leader for the majority of WW2?

FDR

200

One major dilemma of WW2 was that the US had to fight a two front war. On which two continents did the US choose to begin fighting?

Asia and Africa 

300

What Wilsonian vision did FDR have for smaller countries that he spelled out to Churchill at the Atlantic charter meeting? 

Self Determination or United Nations

400

George F Kennan lumped these two systems of government together calling them both to be "immoral"

Communism and Fascism 

500

Name the countries that Roosevelt wanted to be the "Four Policemen" 

USA, USSR, England, China 

BIG Conferences

100

Who was the only world leader present at all four of the conferences we looked at?

Churchill 

200

What was Truman's first conference? 

Potsdam 

300

Which conference showed the first open hostilities between the US and USSR. The US had already tested the Atomic Bomb.

Potsdam

400

At which conference did the US and England commit to opening up a second front in Europe?

Tehran

500

At this conference the world leaders agreed to break Germany up into zones after the war. 

Yalta