Origins of cold war

• What is the name of the alliance between the ‘Big Three’ during World War II?

  The Grand Alliance
• What political and economic system did the Soviet Union follow?

  Communism
• What political and economic system did the USA follow?

  Democracy and capitalism
• What was the capital city of the Soviet Union?

  Moscow
• What is the capital city of the USA?

  Washington DC
• Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Second World War?

  Joseph Stalin
• Who was the Prime Minister of the UK for most of the Second World War?

  Winston Churchill
• Who was the President of the USA for most of the Second World War?

  Franklin D. Roosevelt
• What event in June 1941 led to the creation of the Grand Alliance?

  Nazi invasion of Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
• After the Second World War, what did the Soviet Union wish to create in Eastern Europe?

  A ‘buffer zone’ of satellite states
• What is the term used to describe a nation that was once independent but is now under the control of another?

  Satellite state
• What conference involving the Grand Alliance took place in November 1943?

  Tehran Conference
• What agreements were reached at the Tehran Conference?

  Second front in Western Europe; Stalin to declare war on Japan
• Why was there tension between the USA and Britain as a result of the Tehran Conference?

  Churchill felt Roosevelt saw British colonialism as a bigger threat
• What wartime conference took place in February 1945?

  Yalta Conference
• What was different about the context of the Yalta Conference compared to the Tehran Conference?

  Second front opened; USSR controlled most of Central/Eastern Europe
• What was decided about Germany during the Yalta Conference?

  It would be split into four zones
• At the Yalta Conference, what did Stalin agree would be allowed in Eastern European countries freed from Nazi rule?

  Free elections
• How much was agreed on for the size of the reparation payments Germany would have to pay at the Yalta Conference?

  $20 billion
• At the Yalta Conference, which international organization did the three leaders agree to set up?

  The United Nations (UN)
• What conference took place in July-August 1945?

  Potsdam Conference
• What was different about the context of the Potsdam Conference compared to the Yalta Conference?

  Germany had surrendered; atomic bomb tested
• Who was the new British leader at the Potsdam Conference?

  Clement Attlee
• Who was the new President of the USA at the Potsdam Conference?

  Harry S. Truman
• At the Potsdam Conference, what did the leaders decide would happen to Berlin?

  To be split into four zones
• What was agreed about reparations at the Potsdam Conference?

  Each country to take reparations from its own zone
• On what issue was no agreement reached at the Potsdam Conference?

  The future of Poland
• What happened on 6th August and 9th August 1945?

  USA dropped two atomic bombs on Japan
• What was the effect on the Soviet Union of the dropping of the US atomic bomb in Japan?

  Made Stalin more determined to create buffer zone
• When did the USSR develop its first atomic bomb?

  1949
• What document of 1946 affected the USA’s attitude towards the Soviet Union?

  The Long Telegram
• Who was the author of the Long Telegram?

  George Kennan
• What was the main message of the Long Telegram?

  USSR wanted to destroy capitalism
• What effect did the Long Telegram have on US policy?

  Led to policy of containment
• What was the name of the alliance between the 'Big Three' during World War II?

  The Grand Alliance
• What political and economic system did the Soviet Union follow?

  Communism
• What political and economic system did the USA follow?

  Democracy and capitalism
• What was the capital city of the Soviet Union?

  Moscow
• What is the capital city of the USA?

  Washington DC
• Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Second World War?

  Joseph Stalin