tension

• when was the atomic bomb dropped, where and how many people died?

  -6th August 1945

  -Truman dropped it over Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  -over 120,000
• what were the consequences of the atomic bomb dropping?

  USSR saw the USA as a great danger to the world

  -Stalin took control of more land between USSR and Germany as a 'buffer zone
• describe the first telegram sent out and when?

  -1946

  -Long telegram- Kennan sent a detailed telegram about the USSR's attitude towards the USA (that Stalin wanted disruption of (capitalism)
• what were the consequences of the Long telegram?

  -USA started 'containment'

  -which meant keeping communism in the USSR only
• describe the second telegram and when was it?

  -1946

  -Novikov telegram

  -sent by soviet diplomat, shows USA didn't trust USSR

  -showed that America not afraid of war
• what were the consequences of the Novikov Telegram

  -USSR felt the need to occupy more land for safety
• What was the iron curtain speech?

  Winston Churchill's speech when he said that Europe is divided by "an iron curtain" in 1946 , behind it was USSR controlled countries
• what were the consequences of the iron curtain speech

  -increased tension

  -both sides strengthened their forces
• why were satellite states made?

  -barrier between Germany and USSR

  -showed power and strength

  -increase of communist influence
• name 5 satellite states and how/when

  -East Germany

  -Poland- 1947 as a communist government

  -Czechoslovakia- 1948 a communist government

  -Hungary - 1949

  -Romania- voted communist after intimidation
• Describe the 6 stages of the arms race

  -atomic bomb 1945

  -1949 soviets made their own

  -1950 American Hydrogen Bomb

  -1957 Soviet Hydrogen Bomb

  -USA ballistic missiles

  -2 months later, Soviets also had ballistic missiles
• What spheres of influence were established after WWII?

  USA in the West, USSR in the East
• What were the Long and Novikov Telegrams about?

  Fears of military buildup by both countries
• What did Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech signify?

  Division of Europe into two spheres